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The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on March 17, 2021Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 2021404,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
404,977 km251,641 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 13, 202110:21
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 21, 202114:41

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.