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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on March 13, 2019Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 March 2019382,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
382,469 km237,655 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.