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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on March 23, 2014Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 March 2014373,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.6% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
373,393 km232,016 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 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.