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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 March 2016398,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
398,036 km247,328 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.