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The Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2042: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on March 20, 2042Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 March 2042358,440 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 20, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
358,440 km222,724 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Thursday, March 20, 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.