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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2025: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 2025Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 March 2025396,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
396,836 km246,583 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2025 is on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 00:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 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.