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The Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 2010Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 March 2010401,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
401,627 km249,560 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Tuesday, March 9, 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.