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The Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on March 31, 2010Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 March 2010370,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 31, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
370,107 km229,974 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2010 is on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 02:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 30, 201002:26
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 6, 201009:37

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Wednesday, March 31, 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.