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The Moon on Friday, March 15, 1996: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 15, 1996Waning Crescent

Friday 15 March 1996366,561 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 15, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.1% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
366,561 km227,771 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Friday, March 15, 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.