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The Moon on Wednesday, March 25, 2026: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

First Quarter at

19:18UTC

Moon phase on March 25, 2026First Quarter

Wednesday 25 March 2026370,565 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,565 km230,258 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 19, 202601:24
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 25, 202619:18
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 2, 202602:12

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Wednesday, March 25, 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.