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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 26, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 March 2021371,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
371,578 km230,888 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 10:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 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.