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The Moon on Sunday, March 3, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on March 3, 2013Waning Gibbous

Sunday 3 March 2013371,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 3, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
371,406 km230,781 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2013 is on Monday, February 25, 2013 at 20:26 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 25, 201320:26
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 4, 201321:53

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Sunday, March 3, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 10, 2013 to the new moon of March 11, 2013, a cycle of 29.52 days.