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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2059: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 2059Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 March 2059367,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
367,109 km228,111 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2059 is on Saturday, March 29, 2059 at 03:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 14, 2059 at 00:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 14, 205900:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 20, 205923:30

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2059 to the new moon of April 12, 2059, a cycle of 29.39 days.