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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on March 20, 2018Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 March 2018378,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
378,669 km235,294 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 17, 201813:12
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 24, 201815:35

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 2018 to the new moon of April 16, 2018, a cycle of 29.53 days.