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The Moon on Friday, March 14, 2008: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

First Quarter at

10:46UTC

Moon phase on March 14, 2008First Quarter

Friday 14 March 2008371,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 14, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
371,719 km230,975 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 200817:14
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 14, 200810:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 21, 200818:40

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Friday, March 14, 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.