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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1996: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on March 16, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 March 1996366,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
366,314 km227,617 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 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.