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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2050: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on March 12, 2050Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 March 2050394,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
394,661 km245,231 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2050 is on Tuesday, March 8, 2050 at 15:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 23, 2050 at 00:41 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 8, 205015:23
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 16, 205010:08

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2050 to the new moon of March 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.40 days.