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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on March 18, 2056Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 March 2056405,591 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
405,591 km252,022 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 16, 205606:52
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 24, 205611:17

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 2056 to the new moon of April 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.71 days.