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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 2009Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 March 2009394,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
394,298 km245,005 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 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.