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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 March 2022402,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
402,747 km250,255 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 10, 202210:46
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 18, 202207:18

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 2, 2022 to the new moon of April 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.53 days.