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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2012: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 18, 2012Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 March 2012388,003 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
388,003 km241,094 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 15, 201201:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 22, 201214:37

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.