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The Moon on Wednesday, March 3, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on March 3, 2021Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 March 2021366,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
366,319 km227,620 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2021 is on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 08:17 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 27, 202108:17
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 6, 202101:30

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.