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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on March 18, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 March 2024394,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
394,974 km245,425 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 17, 202404:11
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 25, 202407:01

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2024 to the new moon of April 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.