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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 2007: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 2007Waning Crescent

Friday 16 March 2007367,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
367,410 km228,298 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2007 is on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 23:17 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 19, 2007 at 02:43 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 12, 200703:54
New Moon (after)Monday, March 19, 200702:43

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2007 to the new moon of March 19, 2007, a cycle of 29.44 days.