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The Moon on Monday, March 21, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 March 2005403,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 21, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
403,461 km250,699 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 17, 200519:19
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 25, 200520:59

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Monday, March 21, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2005 to the new moon of April 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.47 days.