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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 29, 2009Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 March 2009373,634 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
373,634 km232,165 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2009 is on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 14:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 16:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.