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The Moon on Monday, March 6, 2056: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on March 6, 2056Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 March 2056366,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 6, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
366,450 km227,702 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2056 is on Thursday, March 2, 2056 at 00:40 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 2056 at 06:52 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Monday, March 6, 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.