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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 1990: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 9, 1990Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 March 1990389,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
389,229 km241,856 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 4, 199002:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 11, 199010:59

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1990 to the new moon of March 26, 1990, a cycle of 29.45 days.