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The Moon on Friday, March 16, 2096: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on March 16, 2096Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 March 2096400,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 16, 2096, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
400,160 km248,648 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2096 is on Friday, March 9, 2096 at 01:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 24, 2096 at 08:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 9, 209601:37
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 17, 209606:18

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Friday, March 16, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2096 to the new moon of March 24, 2096, a cycle of 29.43 days.