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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 March 2019359,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
359,776 km223,555 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 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.