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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2014: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on March 27, 2014Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 March 2014365,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
365,736 km227,257 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 24, 201401:46
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 30, 201418:45

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 2014 to the new moon of March 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.