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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2025: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 2025Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 March 2025405,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
405,145 km251,746 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2025 is on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 10:58 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 14, 202506:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 22, 202511:30

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 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.