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The Moon on Friday, March 13, 2026: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on March 13, 2026Waning Crescent

Friday 13 March 2026398,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 13, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
398,916 km247,875 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2026 is on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:38 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 11, 202609:39
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 19, 202601:24

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Friday, March 13, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 17, 2026 to the new moon of March 19, 2026, a cycle of 29.56 days.