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The Moon on Sunday, January 21, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on January 21, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 January 1996359,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,559 km223,419 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 20, 199612:50
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 27, 199611:14

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Sunday, January 21, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1996 to the new moon of February 18, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.