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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 1991: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1991Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 March 1991397,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.1% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
397,227 km246,826 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1991 is on Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 8, 199110:32
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 199108:11

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 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.