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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on March 9, 2000Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 March 2000376,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
376,775 km234,117 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2000 is on Monday, March 20, 2000 at 04:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 2000 at 05:17 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 6, 200005:17
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 13, 200006:59

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2000 to the new moon of April 4, 2000, a cycle of 29.54 days.