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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on March 23, 2056Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 March 2056398,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
398,111 km247,375 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 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.