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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 59.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on March 5, 2040Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 March 2040373,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
373,037 km231,794 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 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.