MoonPhases

March 2025 · Thursday · 2 years ago

6 March 2025

First Quarter

48% illuminated and waxing, 6.5 days into the lunar cycle.

The moon on 6 March 2025: First Quarter, 48% illuminated

Ephemeris for 6 March 2025 at 12:00 UTC

Phase
First Quarter
Illumination
48.0%
Lunar age
6.5 days
Elongation
87.6°
Distance
374,201 km
Distance (mi)
232,518 mi
Apparent size
31.9′
Constellation
Gemini
Libration lat
6.6° S
Libration lon
5.2° E

Moonrise and moonset

Times in each city's own time zone. A “+1” means the event falls on the following day — the lunar day is about 50 minutes longer than ours, so rise and set drift later each date.
CityMoonriseTransitMoonsetPeak altitude
London09:0118:0301:5966.1°
New York10:0518:1101:1477.4°
Chicago09:5618:0801:1676.2°
Denver10:1718:2001:2078.5°
Los Angeles10:3418:1600:5584.3°
Mexico City11:5718:5600:5380.9°
São Paulo12:5818:1723:3537.5°
Berlin08:5818:0702:0965.0°

Somewhere else? The calculator works for any latitude and longitude, including your own.

Phases around this date

PhaseDateTime (UTC)From this date
First Quarter6 March 202516:32today
Full Moon14 March 202506:55in 8 days
Last Quarter22 March 202511:30in 16 days
New Moon29 March 202510:58in 23 days