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The Moon on Thursday, March 19, 2020: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 19, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 March 2020397,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
397,546 km247,024 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Thursday, March 19, 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.