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The Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on March 31, 2013Waning Gibbous

Sunday 31 March 2013367,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 31, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
367,546 km228,382 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Sunday, March 31, 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.