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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2023: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on March 17, 2023Waning Crescent

Friday 17 March 2023365,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
365,687 km227,228 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2023 is on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 15, 202302:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 21, 202317:23

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2023 to the new moon of March 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.