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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on March 27, 1989Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 March 1989398,301 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
398,301 km247,493 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1989 is on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at 09:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 6, 1989 at 03:33 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.