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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2078: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on March 2, 2078Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 March 2078405,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
405,310 km251,848 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2078 is on Saturday, February 26, 2078 at 17:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 2078 at 00:37 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 26, 207817:50
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 6, 207822:48

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 2078 to the new moon of March 14, 2078, a cycle of 29.44 days.