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The Moon on Tuesday, March 27, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on March 27, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 March 2040386,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 27, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
386,718 km240,295 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 13, 2040 at 01:46 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Tuesday, March 27, 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.