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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2025: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 23, 2025Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 March 2025388,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
388,356 km241,313 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2025 is on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:55 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 22, 202511:30
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 29, 202510:58

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2025 to the new moon of March 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.43 days.