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The Moon on Saturday, March 25, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 25, 2023Waxing Crescent

Saturday 25 March 2023384,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 25, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
384,567 km238,959 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Saturday, March 25, 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.