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The Moon on Monday, March 28, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on March 28, 2016Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 March 2016402,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 28, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
402,536 km250,124 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Monday, March 28, 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.