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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 2001Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 March 2001373,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
373,392 km232,015 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 01:21 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 9, 200117:23
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 16, 200120:45

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2001 to the new moon of March 25, 2001, a cycle of 29.71 days.