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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 2009Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 March 2009401,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
401,567 km249,522 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.