Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2044: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

First Quarter at

21:17UTC

Moon phase on March 6, 2044First Quarter

Sunday 6 March 2044370,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 6, 2044, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
370,371 km230,137 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2044 is on Sunday, March 13, 2044 at 19:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 28, 2044 at 20:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 28, 204420:12
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 6, 204421:17
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 13, 204419:41

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Sunday, March 6, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2044 to the new moon of March 29, 2044, a cycle of 29.55 days.