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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 2022392,855 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
392,855 km244,109 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 17:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.