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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 2057: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 2057Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 March 2057394,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 2057, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
394,318 km245,018 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2057 is on Wednesday, March 21, 2057 at 00:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 2057 at 11:25 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 13, 205709:35
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 21, 205700:45

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 2057 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 2057 to the new moon of April 4, 2057, a cycle of 29.59 days.