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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 2017: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on March 27, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 27 March 2017370,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
370,158 km230,005 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.