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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2022: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on March 1, 2022Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 March 2022371,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
371,051 km230,560 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 202222:33
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 2, 202217:35

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2022 to the new moon of March 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.49 days.