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The Moon on Friday, March 24, 2056: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

First Quarter at

11:17UTC

Moon phase on March 24, 2056First Quarter

Friday 24 March 2056393,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 24, 2056, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
393,442 km244,474 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 16, 205606:52
First Quarter (this day)Friday, March 24, 205611:17
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 31, 205610:25

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Friday, March 24, 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.