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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 2047: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on March 16, 2047Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 March 2047367,332 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 2047, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
367,332 km228,250 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2047 is on Tuesday, March 12, 2047 at 01:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 26, 2047 at 11:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 12, 204701:37
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 18, 204716:11

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 2047 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 24, 2047 to the new moon of March 26, 2047, a cycle of 29.72 days.