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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2009: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Last Quarter at

17:48UTC

Moon phase on March 18, 2009Last Quarter

Wednesday 18 March 2009403,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.4% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
403,564 km250,763 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 11, 200902:38
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 18, 200917:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 26, 200916:06

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 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.