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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2012: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on March 21, 2012Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 March 2012397,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
397,858 km247,218 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.