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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 1995: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

First Quarter at

10:14UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 1995First Quarter

Thursday 9 March 1995403,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 1995, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,793 km250,905 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 1, 199511:48
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 9, 199510:14
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 17, 199501:26

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 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.