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The Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 56.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on March 3, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 3 March 2020388,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
388,308 km241,283 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 2, 202019:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 9, 202017:48

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2020 to the new moon of March 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.75 days.