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The Moon on Wednesday, March 16, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on March 16, 1994Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 March 1994405,596 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 16, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
405,596 km252,026 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1994 is on Sunday, March 27, 1994 at 11:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 12, 1994 at 07:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 12, 199407:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 20, 199412:15

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Wednesday, March 16, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 12, 1994 to the new moon of April 11, 1994, a cycle of 29.72 days.