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The Moon on Tuesday, March 21, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on March 21, 2056Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 March 2056404,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 21, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,245 km251,186 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Tuesday, March 21, 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.