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The Moon on Tuesday, March 29, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on March 29, 2016Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 March 2016399,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
399,444 km248,203 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Tuesday, March 29, 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.