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The Moon on Wednesday, March 7, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on March 7, 2018Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 March 2018395,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
395,299 km245,627 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Wednesday, March 7, 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.