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The Moon on Sunday, March 2, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on March 2, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 March 2042396,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 2, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
396,085 km246,116 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2042 is on Thursday, March 6, 2042 at 20:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 20, 2042 at 07:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 26, 204223:29
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 6, 204220:10

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Sunday, March 2, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 20, 2042 to the new moon of March 21, 2042, a cycle of 29.41 days.