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The Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 March 2015405,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
405,519 km251,977 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2015 is on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 12:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 09:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Tuesday, March 31, 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.