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The Moon on Monday, January 29, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on January 29, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 January 1996401,299 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 29, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.4% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
401,299 km249,355 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 27, 199611:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 4, 199615:58

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Monday, January 29, 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.