Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°
Moon age
9.5days
Moon phase on March 9, 2006Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, March 9, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
400,858 km249,082 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 9, 2006 is on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at 23:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, March 6, 2006 | 20:16 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, March 14, 2006 | 23:36 |
The Moon around March 9
More about this date
Thursday, March 9, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2006 to the new moon of March 29, 2006, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
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