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The Moon on Saturday, March 8, 2053: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on March 8, 2053Waning Gibbous

Saturday 8 March 2053392,813 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 8, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
392,813 km244,083 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 4, 205317:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 12, 205310:21

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Saturday, March 8, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2053 to the new moon of March 20, 2053, a cycle of 29.61 days.