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The Moon on Wednesday, March 15, 2056: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on March 15, 2056Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 March 2056400,205 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
400,205 km248,676 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Wednesday, March 15, 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.