Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°
First Quarter at
19:41UTC
Moon phase on March 30, 2012First Quarter
On Friday, March 30, 2012, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
396,187 km246,179 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 30, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 14:37 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, March 30, 2012 | 19:41 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, April 6, 2012 | 19:19 |
The Moon around March 30
More about this date
Friday, March 30, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2012, or the whole moon calendar 2012.
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