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The Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 1989: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

First Quarter at

10:11UTC

Moon phase on March 14, 1989First Quarter

Tuesday 14 March 1989382,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 14, 1989, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
382,900 km237,923 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 7, 198918:19
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 14, 198910:11
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 22, 198909:58

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Tuesday, March 14, 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.