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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2020: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on March 21, 2020Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 March 2020403,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
403,372 km250,644 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.