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The Moon on Thursday, March 14, 2019: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

First Quarter at

10:27UTC

Moon phase on March 14, 2019First Quarter

Thursday 14 March 2019377,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 14, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.8% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
377,489 km234,561 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 6, 201916:04
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 14, 201910:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 21, 201901:43

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Thursday, March 14, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2019 to the new moon of April 5, 2019, a cycle of 29.70 days.