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The Moon on Thursday, March 30, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 30, 2017Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 March 2017363,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 30, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
363,843 km226,081 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 28, 201702:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 3, 201718:40

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Thursday, March 30, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 2017 to the new moon of April 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.39 days.