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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1989Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 March 1989406,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
406,163 km252,378 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 22, 198909:58
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 30, 198910:22

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.