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The Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on April 2, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 April 1996390,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 2, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
390,012 km242,342 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 10:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 27, 199601:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 4, 199600:07

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Tuesday, April 2, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1996 to the new moon of April 17, 1996, a cycle of 29.50 days.