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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on March 15, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 March 1989388,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
388,236 km241,238 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 14, 198910:11
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 22, 198909:58

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.