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The Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 23, 2022Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 23 March 2022369,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.5% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
369,816 km229,793 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2022 is on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 07:18 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 06:25 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Wednesday, March 23, 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.