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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on March 21, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 March 2018376,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
376,046 km233,664 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.