Waning · 96.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°
Moon age
16.7days
Moon phase on March 24, 1989Waning Gibbous
On Friday, March 24, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
405,335 km251,864 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 24, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 22, 1989 | 09:58 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, March 30, 1989 | 10:22 |
The Moon around March 24
More about this date
Friday, March 24, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1989, or the whole moon calendar 1989.
- The same date one year apart: 1988 · 1990.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.