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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2046: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 2046Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 March 2046372,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 69.2% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
372,065 km231,191 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2046 is on Thursday, March 22, 2046 at 09:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 7, 2046 at 18:15 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 15, 204617:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 22, 204609:27

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 2046 to the new moon of April 6, 2046, a cycle of 29.73 days.