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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 2050: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Last Quarter at

10:08UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 2050Last Quarter

Wednesday 16 March 2050377,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 2050, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 49.3% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

49.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
377,023 km234,271 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2050 is on Tuesday, March 8, 2050 at 15:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 23, 2050 at 00:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 8, 205015:23
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 16, 205010:08
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 23, 205000:41

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 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.