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The Moon on Monday, March 31, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 31, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Monday 31 March 2042400,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 31, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
400,739 km249,008 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 21, 2042 at 17:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 28, 204212:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 5, 204214:16

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Monday, March 31, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.