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The Moon on Thursday, March 4, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on March 4, 2010Waning Gibbous

Thursday 4 March 2010375,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 4, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
375,205 km233,141 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 28, 201016:38
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 7, 201015:42

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Thursday, March 4, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2010 to the new moon of March 15, 2010, a cycle of 29.76 days.