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The Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on March 8, 1995Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 March 1995404,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 8, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
404,284 km251,210 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1995 is on Friday, March 17, 1995 at 01:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 1, 1995 at 11:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 1, 199511:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 9, 199510:14

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Wednesday, March 8, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1995 to the new moon of March 31, 1995, a cycle of 29.60 days.