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The Moon on Sunday, March 31, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on March 31, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 March 1996397,886 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 31, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
397,886 km247,235 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Sunday, March 31, 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.