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The Moon on Sunday, March 8, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 2015Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 March 2015403,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 8, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
403,108 km250,479 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2015 is on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 18:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Sunday, March 8, 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.