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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 2018: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 49.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Last Quarter at

11:20UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 2018Last Quarter

Friday 9 March 2018402,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 2018, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
402,408 km250,045 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 2, 201800:51
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, March 9, 201811:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 17, 201813:12

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2018 to the new moon of March 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.67 days.