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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 2015Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 March 2015375,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
375,507 km233,329 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 20, 201509:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 27, 201507:43

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 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.