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The Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on March 24, 2012Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 March 2012404,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
404,470 km251,326 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 22, 201214:37
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 30, 201219:41

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Saturday, March 24, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.