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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 13, 2013Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 March 2013388,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
388,195 km241,213 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.