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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on March 17, 2078Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 March 2078363,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
363,699 km225,992 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2078 is on Monday, March 28, 2078 at 11:04 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 2078 at 00:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 14, 207800:37
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 20, 207816:10

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2078 to the new moon of April 12, 2078, a cycle of 29.38 days.