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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on March 12, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 March 2014405,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.1% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
405,110 km251,724 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.