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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 2009: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 23, 2009Waning Crescent

Monday 23 March 2009395,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
395,532 km245,772 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 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.