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The Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2015: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 19, 2015Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 March 2015357,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 19, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
357,671 km222,246 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Thursday, March 19, 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.