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The Moon on Monday, March 21, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 21, 2072Waxing Crescent

Monday 21 March 2072396,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 21, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
396,474 km246,357 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 207220:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 27, 207209:43

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Monday, March 21, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2072 to the new moon of April 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.65 days.