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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2018: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on March 15, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 March 2018396,127 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
396,127 km246,142 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 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.