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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on March 18, 2048Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 March 2048402,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
402,126 km249,869 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2048 is on Monday, March 30, 2048 at 02:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 2048 at 14:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 14, 204814:28
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 22, 204816:04

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2048 to the new moon of April 13, 2048, a cycle of 29.62 days.