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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 2019Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 March 2019398,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
398,446 km247,583 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 14, 201910:27

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2019 to the new moon of April 5, 2019, a cycle of 29.70 days.