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The Moon on Thursday, March 26, 2009: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

New Moon at

16:06UTC

Moon phase on March 26, 2009New Moon

Thursday 26 March 2009383,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 26, 2009, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
383,062 km238,024 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 18, 200917:48
New Moon (this day)Thursday, March 26, 200916:06
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 2, 200914:34

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Thursday, March 26, 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.