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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 1991: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Last Quarter at

10:32UTC

Moon phase on March 8, 1991Last Quarter

Friday 8 March 1991404,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 1991, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
404,078 km251,082 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1991 is on Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 28, 199118:25
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, March 8, 199110:32
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 199108:11

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 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.