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The Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on February 1, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 1 February 1996406,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 1, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
406,143 km252,365 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Thursday, February 1, 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.