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The Moon on Friday, March 20, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 2026Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 March 2026368,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 20, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
368,989 km229,279 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 19, 202601:24
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 25, 202619:18

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Friday, March 20, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2026 to the new moon of April 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.44 days.