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The Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on March 3, 2018Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 March 2018374,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 3, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
374,139 km232,479 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 2, 201800:51
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 9, 201811:20

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Saturday, March 3, 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.