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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 2009Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 March 2009379,569 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
379,569 km235,853 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 11, 200902:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 18, 200917:48

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 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.