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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

14.2days

Moon phase on March 15, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 March 2014399,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.2 dMoon age
399,329 km248,132 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 08:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 8, 201413:27
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 16, 201417:09

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 2014 to the new moon of March 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.