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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on March 18, 2014Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 March 2014389,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
389,694 km242,144 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 16, 201417:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 24, 201401:46

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 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.