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The Moon on Friday, March 8, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on March 8, 2030Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 March 2030403,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 8, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
403,290 km250,593 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2030 is on Tuesday, March 19, 2030 at 17:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 4, 2030 at 06:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 4, 203006:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 12, 203008:48

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Friday, March 8, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 2030 to the new moon of April 2, 2030, a cycle of 29.64 days.