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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 2024Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 March 2024361,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
361,559 km224,662 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 10, 202409:00
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 17, 202404:11

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2024 to the new moon of April 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.