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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2073: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on March 12, 2073Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 March 2073404,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.7% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
404,421 km251,296 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2073 is on Thursday, March 23, 2073 at 17:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 8, 2073 at 20:16 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 8, 207320:16
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 16, 207322:44

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 8, 2073 to the new moon of April 7, 2073, a cycle of 29.75 days.