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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on March 17, 2017Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 March 2017403,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
403,750 km250,879 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 12, 201714:54
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 20, 201715:58

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 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.