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The Moon on Thursday, March 9, 2056: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on March 9, 2056Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 March 2056378,705 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 9, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
378,705 km235,316 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 8, 205615:31
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 16, 205606:52

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Thursday, March 9, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.