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The Moon on Friday, March 27, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 27, 2020Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 March 2020403,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
403,855 km250,944 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 09:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 24, 202009:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 1, 202010:21

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Friday, March 27, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 2020 to the new moon of April 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.71 days.