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The Moon on Wednesday, March 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on March 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 March 1996376,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
376,615 km234,018 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 19, 199610:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 27, 199601:31

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Wednesday, March 20, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1996 to the new moon of April 17, 1996, a cycle of 29.50 days.