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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1999: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 16, 1999Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 1999371,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
371,974 km231,134 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1999 is on Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at 06:59 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.