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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 2074: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on March 16, 2074Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 March 2074363,048 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 2074, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
363,048 km225,587 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2074 is on Tuesday, March 13, 2074 at 09:01 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 27, 2074 at 14:20 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 13, 207409:01
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 19, 207423:58

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 2074 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 2074 to the new moon of March 27, 2074, a cycle of 29.68 days.