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Moon phases December 1996

Last quarter
Tue 03 Dec
05:06 UTC
New moon
Tue 10 Dec
16:56 UTC
First quarter
Tue 17 Dec
09:31 UTC
Full · Cold
Tue 24 Dec
20:41 UTC

In December 1996 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Tuesday, December 3 at 05:06 UTC, the New Moon on Tuesday, December 10 at 16:56 UTC, the First Quarter on Tuesday, December 17 at 09:31 UTC and the Full Moon on Tuesday, December 24 at 20:41 UTC. The full moon is the Cold Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 02 Waning Gibbous, 57% lit 57% 03Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%05:06 04 Waning Crescent, 38% lit 38% 05 Waning Crescent, 29% lit 29% 06 Waning Crescent, 20% lit 20% 07 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 08 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 09 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 10New New Moon, 0% lit 0%16:56 11 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 12 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 13 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 14 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 15 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 16 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 17First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:31 18 Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit 89% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%20:41 25 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 27 Waning Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 28 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 29 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 30 Waning Gibbous, 74% lit 74% 31 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65%

Exact phase times

December 1996 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on December 3, the New Moon on December 10, the First Quarter on December 17 and the Full Moon on December 24.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterTuesday, December 3, 199605:06
New MoonTuesday, December 10, 199616:56
First QuarterTuesday, December 17, 199609:31
Full MoonTuesday, December 24, 199620:41

Tuesday, December 24, 1996: Cold Moon, 398,102 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1996

Thirteen full moons, one blue

05 Jan Wolf Micromoon 04 Feb Snow Micromoon 05 Mar Worm 04 Apr Pink total eclipse 03 May Flower 01 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 01 Jul Buck Supermoon 30 Jul Blue Blue moon 28 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 27 Sept Harvest total eclipse 26 Oct Hunter’s 25 Nov Beaver 24 Dec Cold