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The Moon on Wednesday, March 22, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on March 22, 2056Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 March 2056401,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 22, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
401,735 km249,626 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Wednesday, March 22, 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.