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The Moon on Friday, April 19, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on April 19, 1996Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 April 1996389,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 19, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
389,651 km242,118 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 17, 199622:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 25, 199620:41

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Friday, April 19, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1996 to the new moon of May 17, 1996, a cycle of 29.54 days.