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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 2048: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 2048Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 March 2048382,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
382,107 km237,430 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2048 is on Saturday, February 29, 2048 at 14:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 2048 at 14:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 7, 204810:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 14, 204814:28

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2048 to the new moon of March 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.58 days.