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The Moon on Saturday, March 10, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on March 10, 2012Waning Gibbous

Saturday 10 March 2012362,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
362,395 km225,182 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 8, 201209:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 15, 201201:25

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Saturday, March 10, 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.