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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 March 2013397,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
397,209 km246,814 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 19, 201317:27
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.