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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 2024Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 March 2024378,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
378,110 km234,947 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 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.