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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on March 21, 2010Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 March 2010382,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.4% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
382,947 km237,952 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.