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The Moon on Tuesday, March 22, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on March 22, 2022Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 22 March 2022370,408 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
370,408 km230,161 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Tuesday, March 22, 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.