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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2002: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on March 9, 2002Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 March 2002399,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
399,452 km248,208 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2002 is on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 09:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 02:03 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 6, 200201:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 14, 200202:03

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2002 to the new moon of March 14, 2002, a cycle of 29.77 days.