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The Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on March 7, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 March 2012368,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 7, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
368,794 km229,158 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Wednesday, March 7, 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.