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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on March 16, 2010Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 2010400,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
400,012 km248,556 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 15, 201021:01
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 23, 201011:00

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 2010 to the new moon of April 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.64 days.