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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2072: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 2072Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 March 2072398,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
398,572 km247,661 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2072 is on Friday, March 4, 2072 at 15:17 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 11, 207215:18
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 19, 207220:22

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 2072 to the new moon of March 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.76 days.