Waxing · 51.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°
First Quarter at
07:43UTC
Moon phase on March 27, 2015First Quarter
On Friday, March 27, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
393,350 km244,416 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 27, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 20, 2015 | 09:36 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, March 27, 2015 | 07:43 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, April 4, 2015 | 12:06 |
The Moon around March 27
More about this date
Friday, March 27, 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.
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