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The Moon on Wednesday, March 13, 1996: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 13, 1996Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 March 1996369,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 13, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
369,646 km229,687 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 12, 199617:15
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 19, 199610:45

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Wednesday, March 13, 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.