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The Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 27, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 March 1999385,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 27, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
385,206 km239,356 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1999 is on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at 22:49 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:48 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 24, 199910:18
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 31, 199922:49

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Saturday, March 27, 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.