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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 2023Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 March 2023378,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
378,827 km235,392 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 21, 202317:23
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 29, 202302:33

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2023 to the new moon of April 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.45 days.