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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 2028Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 2028384,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
384,812 km239,111 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2028 is on Saturday, March 11, 2028 at 01:06 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 26, 2028 at 04:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 11, 202801:06
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 17, 202823:23

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 2028 to the new moon of March 26, 2028, a cycle of 29.75 days.