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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on March 31, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 March 2012391,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
391,150 km243,049 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 201219:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 6, 201219:19

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.