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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 2009Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 March 2009379,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
379,316 km235,696 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 26, 200916:06
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 2, 200914:34

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 2009 to the new moon of April 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.47 days.