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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 March 2008387,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
387,013 km240,479 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.