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The Moon on Friday, March 28, 2042: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

First Quarter at

12:00UTC

Moon phase on March 28, 2042First Quarter

Friday 28 March 2042387,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 28, 2042, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
387,305 km240,660 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 21, 204217:23
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 28, 204212:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 5, 204214:16

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Friday, March 28, 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.