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The Moon on Saturday, March 2, 2019: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 2, 2019Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 March 2019404,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 2, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
404,749 km251,499 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 26, 201911:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Saturday, March 2, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.