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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on March 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 March 2020393,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
393,463 km244,486 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 16, 202009:34
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 24, 202009:28

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2020 to the new moon of March 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.75 days.