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The Moon on Sunday, March 31, 2019: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 2019Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 March 2019405,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 31, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
405,427 km251,921 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 28, 201904:10
New Moon (after)Friday, April 5, 201908:51

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Sunday, March 31, 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.