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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

7.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 March 2008374,435 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
374,435 km232,663 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.