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The Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on March 4, 1999Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 March 1999397,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 4, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
397,781 km247,170 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 2, 199906:59
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 10, 199908:40

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Thursday, March 4, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1999 to the new moon of March 17, 1999, a cycle of 29.51 days.