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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 17, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 March 2008380,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.4% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
380,484 km236,422 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.