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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on March 19, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 19 March 2016394,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
394,776 km245,303 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 15, 201617:03
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 23, 201612:01

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 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.