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The Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 2021Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 March 2021405,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 18, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
405,195 km251,776 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Thursday, March 18, 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.