Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°
Full Moon at
20:51UTC
Moon phase on January 5, 1996Full Moon
On Friday, January 5, 1996, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
406,517 km252,598 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 406,469 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 5, 1996 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 22, 1995 at 02:22 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, December 28, 1995 | 19:07 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, January 5, 1996 | 20:51 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, January 13, 1996 | 20:45 |
The Moon around January 5
More about this date
Friday, January 5, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1995 to the new moon of January 20, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.