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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on March 22, 1991Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 March 1991369,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.6% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
369,914 km229,854 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.