Waxing · 66.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°
Moon age
9.7days
Moon phase on March 21, 2013Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, March 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
400,665 km248,962 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 21, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | 17:27 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 | 09:27 |
The Moon around March 21
More about this date
Thursday, March 21, 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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