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The Moon on Tuesday, January 23, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on January 23, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 January 1996368,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
368,510 km228,981 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Tuesday, January 23, 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.