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The Moon on Friday, March 19, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on March 19, 2010Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 March 2010390,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 19, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
390,691 km242,764 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Friday, March 19, 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.