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The Moon on Saturday, March 31, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 2040Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 March 2040373,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 31, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
373,208 km231,901 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2040 is on Wednesday, March 28, 2040 at 15:12 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 11, 2040 at 14:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 28, 204015:12
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 4, 204014:06

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Saturday, March 31, 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.