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The Moon on Monday, March 12, 2040: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on March 12, 2040Waning Crescent

Monday 12 March 2040371,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
371,943 km231,114 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Monday, March 12, 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.