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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2022: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 March 2022383,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
383,381 km238,222 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 25, 202205:37
New Moon (after)Friday, April 1, 202206:25

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 2022 to the new moon of April 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.53 days.