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The Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on March 21, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 March 2040404,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 21, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
404,273 km251,204 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 20, 204017:59
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 28, 204015:12

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Wednesday, March 21, 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.