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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2013: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on March 9, 2013Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 March 2013373,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
373,800 km232,268 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 4, 201321:53
New Moon (after)Monday, March 11, 201319:51

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.