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The Moon on Wednesday, January 24, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1996Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 January 1996374,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 24, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
374,541 km232,729 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Wednesday, January 24, 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.