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The Moon on Friday, March 30, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on March 30, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 March 2018374,853 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 30, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
374,853 km232,923 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2018 is on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 12:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 13:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Friday, March 30, 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.