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The Moon on Thursday, March 7, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on March 7, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 7 March 1996387,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 7, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
387,495 km240,778 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 5, 199609:23
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 12, 199617:15

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Thursday, March 7, 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.