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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on March 23, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 March 2013392,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
392,917 km244,147 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.