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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on March 12, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 March 2079374,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.5% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
374,227 km232,534 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2079 is on Friday, March 17, 2079 at 13:46 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 3, 2079 at 13:49 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 10, 207910:37
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 17, 207913:46

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 2079 to the new moon of April 2, 2079, a cycle of 29.49 days.