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The Moon on Monday, March 26, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on March 26, 2012Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 March 2012405,738 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
405,738 km252,114 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Monday, March 26, 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.