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The Moon on Saturday, March 3, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on March 3, 2040Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 March 2040378,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 3, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
378,397 km235,125 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 28, 204001:00
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 6, 204007:19

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Saturday, March 3, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2040 to the new moon of March 13, 2040, a cycle of 29.47 days.