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The Moon on Thursday, March 15, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 2040Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 March 2040384,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 15, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 7.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
384,978 km239,214 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 13, 204001:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 20, 204017:59

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Thursday, March 15, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2040 to the new moon of April 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.51 days.