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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2050: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on March 17, 2050Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 March 2050372,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
372,108 km231,217 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2050 is on Tuesday, March 8, 2050 at 15:23 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 23, 2050 at 00:41 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 16, 205010:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 23, 205000:41

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2050 to the new moon of March 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.40 days.