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The Moon on Monday, March 8, 2010: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on March 8, 2010Waning Crescent

Monday 8 March 2010397,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 8, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
397,966 km247,285 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 7, 201015:42
New Moon (after)Monday, March 15, 201021:01

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Monday, March 8, 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.