Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°
Moon age
3.4days
Moon phase on March 31, 2017Waxing Crescent
On Friday, March 31, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
364,460 km226,465 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 31, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 02:57 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, April 3, 2017 | 18:40 |
The Moon around March 31
More about this date
Friday, March 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.