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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 1984: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Last Quarter at

07:58UTC

Moon phase on March 24, 1984Last Quarter

Saturday 24 March 1984393,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 1984, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
393,006 km244,203 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1984 is on Saturday, March 17, 1984 at 10:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 1, 1984 at 12:10 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 17, 198410:10
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 24, 198407:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 1, 198412:10

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 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.