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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1984Waning Gibbous

Friday 23 March 1984387,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
387,405 km240,722 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 12:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 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.