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The Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on March 6, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 March 2012373,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
373,535 km232,104 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Tuesday, March 6, 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.