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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2017: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on March 26, 2017Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 March 2017374,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
374,701 km232,828 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.