Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on March 12, 1989Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, March 12, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
371,523 km230,854 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 12, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, March 7, 1989 | 18:19 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, March 14, 1989 | 10:11 |
The Moon around March 12
More about this date
Sunday, March 12, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1989 to the new moon of April 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.38 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.