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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1990Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 March 1990404,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
404,843 km251,558 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 11, 199010:59
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 19, 199014:31

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.