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The Moon on Thursday, March 29, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on March 29, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 March 2018372,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 29, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
372,131 km231,232 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Thursday, March 29, 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.