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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2042: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on March 15, 2042Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 March 2042384,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
384,238 km238,755 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 14, 204223:21
New Moon (after)Friday, March 21, 204217:23

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2042 to the new moon of March 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.41 days.