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The Moon on Wednesday, March 28, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on March 28, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 March 2018370,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
370,292 km230,089 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Wednesday, March 28, 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.