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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on March 28, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 March 2015397,964 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
397,964 km247,283 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 27, 201507:43
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 4, 201512:06

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2015 to the new moon of April 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.39 days.