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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 2024: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 2024Waning Crescent

Friday 8 March 2024360,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
360,014 km223,702 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2024 is on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 3, 202415:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 10, 202409:00

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 2024 to the new moon of March 10, 2024, a cycle of 29.42 days.