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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 March 2016405,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
405,685 km252,081 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 23, 201612:01
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 31, 201615:17

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.