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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2056: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on March 12, 2056Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 March 2056390,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
390,874 km242,877 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 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.