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The Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on March 8, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 March 2017375,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
375,922 km233,587 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 5, 201711:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 12, 201714:54

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 2017 to the new moon of March 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.50 days.