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The Moon on Thursday, March 10, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 10, 2016Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 March 2016359,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
359,537 km223,406 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 9, 201601:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 15, 201617:03

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Thursday, March 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.