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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2013: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

First Quarter at

17:27UTC

Moon phase on March 19, 2013First Quarter

Tuesday 19 March 2013404,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
404,162 km251,134 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 11, 201319:51
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 19, 201317:27
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.