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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 2010: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 2010Waning Crescent

Friday 12 March 2010405,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.1% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
405,992 km252,272 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2010 is on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 16:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.