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The Moon on Monday, March 22, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 1999Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 March 1999367,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 22, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,078 km228,092 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1999 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 22:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 17, 199918:48
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 24, 199910:18

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Monday, March 22, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 1999 to the new moon of April 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.40 days.