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The Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 2008Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 March 2008367,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
367,411 km228,299 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 200817:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 200810:46

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Sunday, March 9, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 2008 to the new moon of April 6, 2008, a cycle of 29.45 days.