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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2031: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 5, 2031Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 March 2031400,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
400,359 km248,771 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2031 is on Sunday, March 9, 2031 at 04:30 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 2031 at 15:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 1, 203104:02
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 9, 203104:30

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2031 to the new moon of March 23, 2031, a cycle of 29.50 days.