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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on March 27, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 March 2018369,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.6% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
369,316 km229,482 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 24, 201815:35
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 31, 201812:37

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 17, 2018 to the new moon of April 16, 2018, a cycle of 29.53 days.