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The Moon on Friday, March 17, 2073: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 17, 2073Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 March 2073384,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 17, 2073, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
384,035 km238,628 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2073 is on Thursday, March 23, 2073 at 17:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 8, 2073 at 20:16 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 16, 207322:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 23, 207317:17

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Friday, March 17, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 8, 2073 to the new moon of April 7, 2073, a cycle of 29.75 days.