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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 1989: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on March 20, 1989Waxing Gibbous

Monday 20 March 1989404,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 1989, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
404,683 km251,458 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 7, 1989 at 18:19 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.