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The Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on April 9, 1996Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 April 1996370,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 9, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.8% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
370,545 km230,246 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1996 is on Thursday, April 4, 1996 at 00:07 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Tuesday, April 9, 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.