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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2051: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 2051Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 March 2051366,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
366,775 km227,903 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2051 is on Monday, March 27, 2051 at 09:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 12, 2051 at 16:52 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 12, 205116:52
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 19, 205109:34

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 2051 to the new moon of April 11, 2051, a cycle of 29.38 days.