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The Moon on Tuesday, March 26, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on March 26, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 March 1996402,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
402,768 km250,268 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Tuesday, March 26, 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.