Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°
Moon age
3.1days
Moon phase on March 16, 2021Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
403,793 km250,905 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 16, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, March 13, 2021 | 10:21 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, March 21, 2021 | 14:41 |
The Moon around March 16
More about this date
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2021 to the new moon of April 12, 2021, a cycle of 29.67 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2021, or the whole moon calendar 2021.
- The same date one year apart: 2020 · 2022.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.