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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 15, 2013Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 March 2013396,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
396,578 km246,422 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 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.