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The Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on March 18, 2040Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 March 2040398,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 18, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
398,693 km247,736 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Sunday, March 18, 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.