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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 13, 2009Waning Gibbous

Friday 13 March 2009384,500 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
384,500 km238,917 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 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.