Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°
First Quarter at
04:11UTC
Moon phase on March 17, 2024First Quarter
On Sunday, March 17, 2024, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
389,964 km242,312 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 17, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 09:00 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, March 17, 2024 | 04:11 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, March 25, 2024 | 07:01 |
The Moon around March 17
More about this date
Sunday, March 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
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