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The Moon on Tuesday, February 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on February 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 February 1996368,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
368,820 km229,174 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 18, 199623:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 26, 199605:53

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Tuesday, February 20, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1996 to the new moon of March 19, 1996, a cycle of 29.47 days.