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The Moon on Friday, March 9, 2040: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on March 9, 2040Waning Crescent

Friday 9 March 2040367,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 9, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
367,220 km228,180 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Friday, March 9, 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.