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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 1991: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

First Quarter at

06:03UTC

Moon phase on March 23, 1991First Quarter

Saturday 23 March 1991370,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
370,317 km230,104 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 16, 1991 at 08:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 16, 199108:11
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 23, 199106:03
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 30, 199107:18

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.