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The Moon on Monday, March 4, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on March 4, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 March 1996397,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 4, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
397,489 km246,988 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Monday, March 4, 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.