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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 2023Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 March 2023390,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
390,175 km242,443 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.