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The Moon on Saturday, March 30, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on March 30, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 March 1996401,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 30, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
401,020 km249,182 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Saturday, March 30, 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.