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The Moon on Friday, March 23, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 2007Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 March 2007369,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 23, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.0% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,141 km229,374 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2007 is on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 17:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 19, 2007 at 02:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 19, 200702:43
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 25, 200718:16

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Friday, March 23, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2007 to the new moon of April 17, 2007, a cycle of 29.37 days.