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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 March 2019360,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
360,866 km224,231 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 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.