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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on March 22, 2019Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 March 2019365,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
365,583 km227,163 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 21, 201901:43
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 28, 201904:10

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.