Waxing · 49.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°
First Quarter at
13:27UTC
Moon phase on March 8, 2014First Quarter
On Saturday, March 8, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
49.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
398,784 km247,793 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 8, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 08:00 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 13:27 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, March 16, 2014 | 17:09 |
The Moon around March 8
More about this date
Saturday, March 8, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2014, or the whole moon calendar 2014.
- The same date one year apart: 2013 · 2015.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.