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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on March 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Monday 12 March 2018403,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
403,923 km250,986 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 9, 201811:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 17, 201813:12

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2018 to the new moon of March 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.67 days.