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The Moon on Saturday, March 9, 2024: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 9, 2024Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 March 2024357,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
357,515 km222,149 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2024 is on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Saturday, March 9, 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.