Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°
First Quarter at
11:00UTC
Moon phase on March 23, 2010First Quarter
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
374,507 km232,708 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 23, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, March 15, 2010 | 21:01 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, March 23, 2010 | 11:00 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | 02:26 |
The Moon around March 23
More about this date
Tuesday, March 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.