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The Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2017: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on March 25, 2017Waning Crescent

Saturday 25 March 2017379,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 25, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
379,968 km236,101 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Saturday, March 25, 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.