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The Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 3, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 March 2015405,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
405,276 km251,827 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 25, 201517:14
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2015 to the new moon of March 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.