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The Moon on Wednesday, March 4, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on March 4, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 March 2015406,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
406,159 km252,375 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Wednesday, March 4, 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.