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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 2009: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 2009Waning Crescent

Friday 20 March 2009403,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
403,714 km250,856 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 18, 200917:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 26, 200916:06

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 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.