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The Moon on Tuesday, March 20, 2040: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

First Quarter at

17:59UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 2040First Quarter

Tuesday 20 March 2040403,656 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 20, 2040, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
403,656 km250,820 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 13, 204001:46
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 20, 204017:59
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 204015:12

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Tuesday, March 20, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 13, 2040 to the new moon of April 11, 2040, a cycle of 29.51 days.