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The Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2081: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

First Quarter at

09:27UTC

Moon phase on March 18, 2081First Quarter

Tuesday 18 March 2081376,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 18, 2081, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
376,807 km234,137 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 2081 is on Tuesday, March 25, 2081 at 00:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 2081 at 15:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 10, 208115:17
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 18, 208109:27
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 25, 208100:29

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Tuesday, March 18, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2081 to the new moon of April 9, 2081, a cycle of 29.71 days.