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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 2038: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 2038Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 March 2038378,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 2038, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
378,820 km235,388 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2038 is on Sunday, March 21, 2038 at 02:09 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 5, 2038 at 23:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 14, 203803:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 21, 203802:09

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 2038 to the new moon of April 4, 2038, a cycle of 29.73 days.