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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 2044: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on March 18, 2044Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 March 2044400,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 2044, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
400,252 km248,705 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2044 is on Sunday, March 13, 2044 at 19:41 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 29, 2044 at 09:26 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 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.