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The Moon on Friday, March 1, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on March 1, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 March 1996404,490 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 1, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
404,490 km251,338 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 26, 199605:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 5, 199609:23

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Friday, March 1, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.