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The Moon on Sunday, March 19, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on March 19, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 19 March 1989402,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 19, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
402,865 km250,329 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Sunday, March 19, 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.