Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°
Moon age
4.4days
Moon phase on March 13, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
367,369 km228,272 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 13, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 9, 2016 | 01:55 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | 17:03 |
The Moon around March 13
More about this date
Sunday, March 13, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.