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The Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 2021Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 31 March 2021361,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
361,549 km224,656 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2021 is on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at 18:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 2021 at 02:31 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 28, 202118:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 4, 202110:03

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Wednesday, March 31, 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.