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The Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2043: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

First Quarter at

01:03UTC

Moon phase on March 18, 2043First Quarter

Wednesday 18 March 2043376,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 18, 2043, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
376,287 km233,814 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2043 is on Wednesday, March 25, 2043 at 14:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 11, 2043 at 09:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 11, 204309:09
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 18, 204301:03
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 25, 204314:26

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Wednesday, March 18, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 11, 2043 to the new moon of April 9, 2043, a cycle of 29.41 days.