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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 2013Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 March 2013383,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
383,897 km238,543 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 11, 201319:51
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 19, 201317:27

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 2013 to the new moon of April 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.