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The Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 1999Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 March 1999370,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
370,204 km230,034 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1999 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 22:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Tuesday, March 23, 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.