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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 2019Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 March 2019387,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.1% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
387,173 km240,578 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 14, 201910:27

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2019 to the new moon of April 5, 2019, a cycle of 29.70 days.