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The Moon on Thursday, March 6, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on March 6, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 March 2014388,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 6, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
388,926 km241,668 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 1, 201408:00
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 8, 201413:27

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Thursday, March 6, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 2014 to the new moon of March 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.