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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on March 15, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 March 1984358,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
358,970 km223,054 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 2, 1984 at 18:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.