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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 March 1984372,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
372,510 km231,467 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 10, 198418:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 17, 198410:10

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.