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The Moon on Friday, March 31, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 March 2023404,908 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 31, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
404,908 km251,598 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 17:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 29, 202302:33
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 6, 202304:35

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Friday, March 31, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2023 to the new moon of April 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.45 days.