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The Moon on Friday, March 21, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on March 21, 2014Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 March 2014379,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 21, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
379,650 km235,904 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Friday, March 21, 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.