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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 2022Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 March 2022373,729 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
373,729 km232,224 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 18, 202207:18
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 25, 202205:37

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.