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The Moon on Saturday, March 23, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 23, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 March 2024406,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 23, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
406,275 km252,448 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 2024 is on Monday, March 25, 2024 at 07:01 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 09:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Saturday, March 23, 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.