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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 2044Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 March 2044396,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
396,856 km246,595 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2044 is on Sunday, March 13, 2044 at 19:41 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 2044 at 09:26 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 13, 204419:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 21, 204416:52

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.