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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 21, 1984Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 March 1984374,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
374,874 km232,936 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 12:10 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 17, 198410:10
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 24, 198407:58

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.