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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2051: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on March 17, 2051Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 March 2051372,185 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.9% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
372,185 km231,265 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2051 is on Monday, March 27, 2051 at 09:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 12, 2051 at 16:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.