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The Moon on Saturday, March 7, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on March 7, 2015Waning Gibbous

Saturday 7 March 2015404,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 7, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
404,849 km251,561 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 5, 201518:06
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 13, 201517:48

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Saturday, March 7, 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.