Waning · 99.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°
Moon age
15.4days
Moon phase on January 6, 1996Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, January 6, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
406,186 km252,392 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 6, 1996 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, January 5, 1996 | 20:51 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, January 13, 1996 | 20:45 |
The Moon around January 6
More about this date
Saturday, January 6, 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.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.