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The Moon on Saturday, March 28, 2026: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on March 28, 2026Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 March 2026378,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
378,491 km235,183 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2026 is on Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 01:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 25, 202619:18
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 2, 202602:12

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Saturday, March 28, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2026 to the new moon of April 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.44 days.