Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°
Moon age
5.5days
Moon phase on April 23, 1996Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, April 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
403,084 km250,464 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 23, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, April 17, 1996 | 22:49 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, April 25, 1996 | 20:41 |
The Moon around April 23
More about this date
Tuesday, April 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.