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The Moon on Tuesday, January 30, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 30, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 January 1996403,963 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 30, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
403,963 km251,011 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Tuesday, January 30, 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.