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The Moon on Sunday, March 9, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on March 9, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 March 2014402,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
402,169 km249,896 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 8, 201413:27
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 16, 201417:09

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Sunday, March 9, 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.