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The Moon on Sunday, March 29, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on March 29, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 March 2015401,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 29, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
401,555 km249,515 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Sunday, March 29, 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.