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The Moon on Sunday, March 19, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on March 19, 2017Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 March 2017404,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 19, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
404,263 km251,197 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 02:57 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Sunday, March 19, 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.