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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 8, 1984Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 March 1984394,076 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
394,076 km244,867 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 2, 198418:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 10, 198418:28

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 1984 to the new moon of April 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.74 days.