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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 March 2021383,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
383,355 km238,206 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 21, 202114:41
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 28, 202118:48

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2021 to the new moon of April 12, 2021, a cycle of 29.67 days.