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The Moon on Saturday, March 14, 2015: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 14, 2015Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 March 2015378,019 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 14, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
378,019 km234,890 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 13, 201517:48
New Moon (after)Friday, March 20, 201509:36

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Saturday, March 14, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.