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The Moon on Thursday, March 8, 2040: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 8, 2040Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 March 2040367,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 8, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
367,691 km228,473 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 6, 204007:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 13, 204001:46

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Thursday, March 8, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.