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The Moon on Saturday, March 17, 2068: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on March 17, 2068Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 March 2068406,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 17, 2068, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
406,242 km252,427 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2068 is on Sunday, March 18, 2068 at 22:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 3, 2068 at 23:38 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 10, 206819:27
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 18, 206822:56

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Saturday, March 17, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 2068 to the new moon of April 2, 2068, a cycle of 29.38 days.