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The Moon on Saturday, March 21, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on March 21, 2048Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 March 2048404,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 21, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
404,132 km251,116 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2048 is on Monday, March 30, 2048 at 02:04 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 2048 at 14:28 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Saturday, March 21, 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.