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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on March 24, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 March 2013388,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
388,114 km241,163 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 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.