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The Moon on Thursday, January 18, 1996: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 18, 1996Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 January 1996359,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 18, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
359,290 km223,253 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1996 is on Friday, January 5, 1996 at 20:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Thursday, January 18, 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.