Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Santa Cruz, California, United States
Current local time 7:53:47 AM (UTC-7)
Today, March 22
- Moonrise9:25 AMMoonset11:56 PM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination18%
Tomorrow, March 23
- Moonrise10:07 AM
- Moon PhaseWaxing crescentIlumination28%
- New Moon18 March6:23 PM
- First Quarter25 March12:18 PM
- Full Moon1 April7:12 PM
- Third Quarter9 April9:51 PM
- New Moon17 April4:52 AM
March 2026 — Moon in Santa Cruz
| Icon | Date | Moonrise | Moonset | Moonrise | Moon phase | Illumination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1 | Sun | — | 5:25 AM | 4:06 PM | Waxing gibbous | 97% | |
| March 2 | Mon | — | 6:00 AM | 5:10 PM | Waxing gibbous | 100% | |
| March 3 | Tue | — | 6:32 AM | 6:13 PM | Full moon | 100% | |
| March 4 | Wed | — | 7:02 AM | 7:16 PM | Waning gibbous | 98% | |
| March 5 | Thu | — | 7:31 AM | 8:19 PM | Waning gibbous | 94% | |
| March 6 | Fri | — | 8:01 AM | 9:22 PM | Waning gibbous | 89% | |
| March 7 | Sat | — | 8:33 AM | 10:26 PM | Waning gibbous | 82% | |
| Note: clock change forward 1 hour | |||||||
| March 8 | Sun | — | 10:08 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 74% | |
| March 9 | Mon | 12:30 AM | 10:47 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 65% | |
| March 10 | Tue | 1:34 AM | 11:33 AM | — | Waning gibbous | 56% | |
| March 11 | Wed | 2:34 AM | 12:24 PM | — | Third quarter | 47% | |
| March 12 | Thu | 3:30 AM | 1:22 PM | — | Waning crescent | 37% | |
| March 13 | Fri | 4:20 AM | 2:23 PM | — | Waning crescent | 28% | |
| March 14 | Sat | 5:04 AM | 3:27 PM | — | Waning crescent | 20% | |
| March 15 | Sun | 5:42 AM | 4:31 PM | — | Waning crescent | 12% | |
| March 16 | Mon | 6:16 AM | 5:35 PM | — | Waning crescent | 6% | |
| March 17 | Tue | 6:47 AM | 6:38 PM | — | Waning crescent | 2% | |
| March 18 | Wed | 7:17 AM | 7:41 PM | — | New moon | 0% | |
| March 19 | Thu | 7:46 AM | 8:44 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 1% | |
| March 20 | Fri | 8:16 AM | 9:48 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 4% | |
| March 21 | Sat | 8:49 AM | 10:52 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 10% | |
| March 22 | Sun | 9:25 AM | 11:56 PM | — | Waxing crescent | 18% | |
| March 23 | Mon | — | — | 10:07 AM | Waxing crescent | 28% | |
| March 24 | Tue | — | 12:58 AM | 10:54 AM | Waxing crescent | 38% | |
| March 25 | Wed | — | 1:58 AM | 11:47 AM | First quarter | 50% | |
| March 26 | Thu | — | 2:52 AM | 12:46 PM | Waxing gibbous | 61% | |
| March 27 | Fri | — | 3:40 AM | 1:48 PM | Waxing gibbous | 72% | |
| March 28 | Sat | — | 4:22 AM | 2:52 PM | Waxing gibbous | 81% | |
| March 29 | Sun | — | 4:59 AM | 3:57 PM | Waxing gibbous | 89% | |
| March 30 | Mon | — | 5:32 AM | 5:00 PM | Waxing gibbous | 94% | |
| March 31 | Tue | — | 6:02 AM | 6:03 PM | Waxing gibbous | 98% | |
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