Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°
Moon age
3.1days
Moon phase on March 23, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Monday, March 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
369,482 km229,585 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 23, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 20, 2015 | 09:36 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, March 27, 2015 | 07:43 |
The Moon around March 23
More about this date
Monday, March 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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