Waxing · 60.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°
Moon age
8.0days
Moon phase on January 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous
On Sunday, January 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
397,539 km247,019 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 28, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, January 27, 1996 | 11:14 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, February 4, 1996 | 15:58 |
The Moon around January 28
More about this date
Sunday, January 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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