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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2009: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 2009Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 March 2009401,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.2% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
401,937 km249,752 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.