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The Moon on Wednesday, April 24, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on April 24, 1996Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 April 1996404,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 24, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
404,244 km251,185 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Wednesday, April 24, 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.