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The Moon on Thursday, March 16, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 March 1995375,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 16, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
375,830 km233,530 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1995 is on Friday, March 17, 1995 at 01:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 31, 1995 at 02:09 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 9, 199510:14
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 17, 199501:26

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Thursday, March 16, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1995 to the new moon of March 31, 1995, a cycle of 29.60 days.