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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 2038: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 2038Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 March 2038400,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
400,182 km248,662 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2038 is on Sunday, March 21, 2038 at 02:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 2038 at 23:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 5, 203823:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 14, 203803:42

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 2038 to the new moon of April 4, 2038, a cycle of 29.73 days.