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The Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on March 26, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 March 2013378,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
378,468 km235,169 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2013 is on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 09:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 2013 at 19:51 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 19, 201317:27
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 27, 201309:27

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 2013 to the new moon of April 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.