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The Moon on Monday, March 9, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on March 9, 2015Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 March 2015400,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 9, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
400,664 km248,961 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 13, 201517:48

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Monday, March 9, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.