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The Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on March 28, 2012Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 March 2012403,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
403,185 km250,528 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Wednesday, March 28, 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.