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The Moon on Friday, March 22, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 March 2024405,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
405,785 km252,143 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Friday, March 22, 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.