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The Moon on Friday, March 25, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 25, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 25 March 2016406,110 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 25, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
406,110 km252,345 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Friday, March 25, 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.