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The Moon on Thursday, March 28, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on March 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 March 1996404,356 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
404,356 km251,255 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 27, 199601:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 4, 199600:07

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Thursday, March 28, 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.