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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on March 14, 2009Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 March 2009389,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
389,541 km242,050 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 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.