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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2072: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 2072Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 March 2072405,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
405,686 km252,081 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2072 is on Friday, March 4, 2072 at 15:17 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.