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The Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on March 4, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 March 2012384,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 4, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
384,806 km239,107 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 1, 201201:22
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 8, 201209:40

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Sunday, March 4, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2012 to the new moon of March 22, 2012, a cycle of 29.67 days.