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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 March 2023395,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
395,238 km245,589 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.