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The Moon on Wednesday, February 7, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on February 7, 1996Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 February 1996395,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 7, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
395,442 km245,716 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 7, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 7

More about this date

Wednesday, February 7, 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.