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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 2015: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

New Moon at

09:36UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 2015New Moon

Friday 20 March 2015358,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
358,027 km222,468 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 13, 201517:48
New Moon (this day)Friday, March 20, 201509:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 27, 201507:43

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2015 to the new moon of April 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.