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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2026: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 2026Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 March 2026367,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
367,358 km228,266 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.