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The Moon on Saturday, March 30, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 30, 2013Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 March 2013367,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 30, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
367,701 km228,479 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 3, 201304:37

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Saturday, March 30, 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.