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The Moon on Monday, January 22, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on January 22, 1996Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 January 1996363,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 22, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
363,347 km225,774 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Monday, January 22, 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.