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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2078: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

First Quarter at

16:10UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 2078First Quarter

Sunday 20 March 2078377,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 2078, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
377,662 km234,668 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2078 is on Monday, March 28, 2078 at 11:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 2078 at 00:37 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 14, 207800:37
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 20, 207816:10
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 28, 207811:04

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 2078 to the new moon of April 12, 2078, a cycle of 29.38 days.