Waning · 86.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°
Moon age
18.4days
Moon phase on March 27, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, March 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.3% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
86.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
404,633 km251,427 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 27, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 11 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 12:01 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, March 31, 2016 | 15:17 |
The Moon around March 27
More about this date
Sunday, March 27, 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.