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The Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 2021: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on March 9, 2021Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 March 2021383,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
383,139 km238,072 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 6, 202101:30
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 13, 202110:21

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.