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The Moon on Friday, February 23, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 23, 1996Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 February 1996385,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
385,938 km239,810 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1996 is on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 09:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 18, 1996 at 23:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Friday, February 23, 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.