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The Moon on Thursday, March 3, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on March 3, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 March 2072358,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 3, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
358,135 km222,535 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 2072 is on Friday, March 4, 2072 at 15:17 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 19, 2072 at 02:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 27, 207200:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 207215:17

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Thursday, March 3, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 2072 to the new moon of March 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.76 days.