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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on March 9, 2072Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 March 2072382,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
382,421 km237,625 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 2072 is on Friday, March 4, 2072 at 15:17 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 19, 2072 at 20:22 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 4, 207215:17
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 11, 207215:18

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.