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The Moon on Sunday, March 15, 2015: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 15, 2015Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 March 2015372,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
372,324 km231,351 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Sunday, March 15, 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.