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The Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2019: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on March 3, 2019Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 March 2019405,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 3, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
405,995 km252,274 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Sunday, March 3, 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.