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The Moon on Thursday, March 25, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 25, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 March 2021377,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 25, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
377,314 km234,452 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Thursday, March 25, 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.