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The Moon on Tuesday, March 8, 2016: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on March 8, 2016Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 March 2016362,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
362,361 km225,160 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 9, 201601:55

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Tuesday, March 8, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.