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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 2015: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Last Quarter at

17:48UTC

Moon phase on March 13, 2015Last Quarter

Friday 13 March 2015383,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 2015, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.7% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
383,647 km238,387 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, March 13, 201517:48
New Moon (after)Friday, March 20, 201509:36

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 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.