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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 1, 2024Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 March 2024397,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
397,026 km246,701 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2024 is on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 12:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 24, 202412:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 3, 202415:24

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 2024 to the new moon of March 10, 2024, a cycle of 29.42 days.