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The Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on March 3, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 March 2009373,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
373,280 km231,945 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 25, 200901:35
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 4, 200907:46

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 2009 to the new moon of March 26, 2009, a cycle of 29.60 days.