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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on March 24, 2072Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 March 2072386,124 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
386,124 km239,926 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.