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The Moon on Sunday, March 17, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 17, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 March 2019363,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,757 km226,028 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 14, 201910:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 21, 201901:43

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Sunday, March 17, 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.