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The Moon on Tuesday, March 28, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on March 28, 2023Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 March 2023399,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
399,422 km248,189 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Tuesday, March 28, 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.