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The Moon on Saturday, March 4, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on March 4, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 March 2023405,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 4, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
405,619 km252,040 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2023 is on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 07:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 27, 202308:06
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 7, 202312:41

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Saturday, March 4, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2023 to the new moon of March 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.