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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 1990Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 March 1990404,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
404,417 km251,293 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1990 is on Sunday, March 11, 1990 at 10:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 26, 1990 at 19:48 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 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.