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The Moon on Thursday, January 25, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on January 25, 1996Waxing Crescent

Thursday 25 January 1996380,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 25, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.3% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
380,906 km236,684 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Thursday, January 25, 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.