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The Moon on Wednesday, March 6, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 6, 1991Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 March 1991400,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 6, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.2% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
400,145 km248,638 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1991 is on Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 28, 199118:25
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 8, 199110:32

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Wednesday, March 6, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 1991 to the new moon of March 16, 1991, a cycle of 29.61 days.