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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 2042Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 March 2042381,414 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
381,414 km236,999 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.