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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on March 19, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 March 2019359,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
359,460 km223,358 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.