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The Moon on Monday, March 18, 1996: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 18, 1996Waning Crescent

Monday 18 March 1996369,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 18, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
369,229 km229,428 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Monday, March 18, 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.