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The Moon on Tuesday, March 10, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on March 10, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 10 March 2009371,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
371,488 km230,832 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Tuesday, March 10, 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.