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The Moon on Wednesday, March 1, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on March 1, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 March 2056365,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 1, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
365,769 km227,278 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 23, 205617:12
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 2, 205600:40

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Wednesday, March 1, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2056 to the new moon of March 16, 2056, a cycle of 29.70 days.