At 12:00 noon Eastern Time on March 8, 2010, the moon will be 39.4% illuminated
and shrinking. That's a fat but waning crescent.
That time has past
march 29.
On March 27, 2010, the moon phase was a Waning Gibbous, which means it was transitioning from a Full Moon to a Third Quarter Moon. The moon was located in the zodiac sign of Sagittarius on that date.
The phase is almost full, but not quite. The period of phases is about 29 days, so it takes 14.5 days for the Moon's phase to change from 'New' to 'Full'. If New Moon took place at some time on March 2, then Full Moon would occur on March 16, at about 12 hours later in that day.
On December 3, 2010, the phase of the moon was a waxing crescent. This means that the moon was transitioning from a new moon to a first quarter moon, with only a small portion of its surface illuminated.
The phase of the Moon becoming a NEW MOON.. It is celebrated at night.
full moon phase
The moon phase for Friday, March 2nd, 2018 was a waning gibbous.
The New Moon always occurs very close to the moon's "new moon" phase.
IT can only occur at FULL MOON.
In a new moon
New Moon