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The Moon on Thursday, March 5, 2048: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 2048Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 March 2048368,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 5, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
368,890 km229,218 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2048 is on Saturday, February 29, 2048 at 14:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 14, 2048 at 14:28 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 29, 204814:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 7, 204810:45

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Thursday, March 5, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 14, 2048 to the new moon of March 14, 2048, a cycle of 29.58 days.