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The Moon on Tuesday, March 6, 2040: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Last Quarter at

07:19UTC

Moon phase on March 6, 2040Last Quarter

Tuesday 6 March 2040370,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 6, 2040, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
370,777 km230,390 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2040 is on Tuesday, February 28, 2040 at 01:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 28, 204001:00
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 6, 204007:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 13, 204001:46

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Tuesday, March 6, 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.