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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on March 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 March 2010370,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
370,426 km230,172 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 21:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 23, 201011:00
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 30, 201002:26

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 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.