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The Moon on Tuesday, March 12, 2030: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

First Quarter at

08:48UTC

Moon phase on March 12, 2030First Quarter

Tuesday 12 March 2030401,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 12, 2030, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
401,135 km249,254 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2030 is on Tuesday, March 19, 2030 at 17:57 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 4, 2030 at 06:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 4, 203006:35
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 12, 203008:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 19, 203017:57

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Tuesday, March 12, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 2030 to the new moon of April 2, 2030, a cycle of 29.64 days.