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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2072: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

First Quarter at

09:43UTC

Moon phase on March 27, 2072First Quarter

Sunday 27 March 2072373,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 2072, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
373,959 km232,367 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 207220:22
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 27, 207209:43
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 3, 207201:25

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.