Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on March 16, 2013Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, March 16, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
400,017 km248,559 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 16, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, March 11, 2013 | 19:51 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 17:27 |
The Moon around March 16
More about this date
Saturday, March 16, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2013, or the whole moon calendar 2013.
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