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The Moon on Friday, March 3, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on March 3, 2056Waning Gibbous

Friday 3 March 2056361,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
361,549 km224,656 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 2, 205600:40
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 8, 205615:31

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Friday, March 3, 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.