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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on March 17, 1991Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 March 1991377,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
377,021 km234,270 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 16, 199108:11
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 23, 199106:03

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1991 to the new moon of April 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.48 days.