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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on March 17, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 March 1992362,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
362,840 km225,458 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1992 is on Wednesday, March 18, 1992 at 18:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 4, 1992 at 13:22 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 12, 199202:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 18, 199218:18

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 1992 to the new moon of April 3, 1992, a cycle of 29.65 days.