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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on March 9, 2022Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 March 2022402,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
402,863 km250,327 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 2, 202217:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 10, 202210:46

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 2022 to the new moon of April 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.53 days.