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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2017: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 23, 2017Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 March 2017390,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.7% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
390,943 km242,921 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 20, 201715:58
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 28, 201702:57

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 2017 to the new moon of March 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.50 days.