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The Moon on Monday, March 14, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on March 14, 2016Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 March 2016372,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
372,007 km231,154 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 9, 201601:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 15, 201617:03

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Monday, March 14, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.