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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on March 22, 2072Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 22 March 2072393,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
393,302 km244,387 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.