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The Moon on Tuesday, March 19, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on March 19, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 March 2024399,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.6% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
399,101 km247,990 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Tuesday, March 19, 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.