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The Moon on Saturday, February 17, 1996: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on February 17, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 February 1996360,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 17, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
360,887 km224,245 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 12, 199608:37
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 18, 199623:30

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Saturday, February 17, 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.