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The Moon on Sunday, March 4, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on March 4, 2018Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 March 2018379,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 4, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
379,337 km235,709 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Sunday, March 4, 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.