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The Moon on Sunday, April 7, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on April 7, 1996Waning Gibbous

Sunday 7 April 1996373,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 7, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
373,285 km231,948 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 4, 199600:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 10, 199623:36

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Sunday, April 7, 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.