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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1999: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 1999Waning Crescent

Friday 12 March 1999393,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
393,504 km244,512 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 10, 199908:40
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 17, 199918:48

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.