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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on March 23, 2042Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 March 2042359,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
359,958 km223,667 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 21, 204217:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 28, 204212:00

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.