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The Moon on Monday, January 15, 1996: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on January 15, 1996Waning Crescent

Monday 15 January 1996373,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 15, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
373,049 km231,802 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1996 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 13, 199620:45
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 20, 199612:50

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Monday, January 15, 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.