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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on March 8, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 2025382,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
382,609 km237,742 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2025 is on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:55 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 00:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 6, 202516:32
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 14, 202506:55

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2025 to the new moon of March 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.43 days.