Waning · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°
Moon age
15.5days
Moon phase on March 6, 2015Waning Gibbous
On Friday, March 6, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
405,927 km252,231 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 6, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, March 5, 2015 | 18:06 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Friday, March 13, 2015 | 17:48 |
The Moon around March 6
More about this date
Friday, March 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.