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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 March 1989400,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
400,330 km248,753 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.