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The Moon on Sunday, March 24, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 24, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 March 1996396,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 24, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
396,320 km246,262 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Sunday, March 24, 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.