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The Moon on Monday, February 5, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on February 5, 1996Waning Gibbous

Monday 5 February 1996401,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 5, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
401,050 km249,201 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 4, 199615:58
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 12, 199608:37

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Monday, February 5, 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.