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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2012: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on March 20, 2012Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 March 2012394,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
394,860 km245,354 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 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.