Waning · 5.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°
Moon age
27.5days
Moon phase on March 17, 1996Waning Crescent
On Sunday, March 17, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
367,176 km228,152 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 17, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, March 12, 1996 | 17:15 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, March 19, 1996 | 10:45 |
The Moon around March 17
More about this date
Sunday, March 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.