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The Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 2026: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on March 17, 2026Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 March 2026380,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 17, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
380,093 km236,178 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2026 is on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:38 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Tuesday, March 17, 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.