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The Moon on Thursday, March 1, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on March 1, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 March 2018366,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 1, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
366,420 km227,683 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 23, 201808:09
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 2, 201800:51

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Thursday, March 1, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2018 to the new moon of March 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.67 days.