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The Moon on Wednesday, February 21, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on February 21, 1996Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 February 1996374,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
374,062 km232,431 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Wednesday, February 21, 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.