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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 2023: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 20, 2023Waning Crescent

Monday 20 March 2023363,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
363,247 km225,711 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2023 is on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.