Waxing · 72.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°
Moon age
8.8days
Moon phase on March 16, 2008Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, March 16, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
377,382 km234,495 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 16, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, March 14, 2008 | 10:46 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, March 21, 2008 | 18:40 |
The Moon around March 16
More about this date
Sunday, March 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.