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The Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on March 20, 2014Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 March 2014382,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 20, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
382,949 km237,954 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Thursday, March 20, 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.