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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2031: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Last Quarter at

06:36UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 2031Last Quarter

Sunday 16 March 2031370,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2031, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
370,074 km229,953 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2031 is on Sunday, March 9, 2031 at 04:30 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 23, 2031 at 03:49 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 9, 203104:30
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 16, 203106:36
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 23, 203103:49

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 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.