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The Moon on Wednesday, March 26, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 March 2042375,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 26, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
375,272 km233,183 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Wednesday, March 26, 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.