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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2009: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 2009391,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
391,448 km243,234 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.