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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on March 8, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 March 2009367,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
367,400 km228,292 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 4, 200907:46
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 11, 200902:38

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 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.