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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 March 2008383,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
383,703 km238,422 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 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.