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The Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2016: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on March 3, 2016Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 March 2016389,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
389,335 km241,921 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 9, 201601:55

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Thursday, March 3, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.