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The Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1996: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

First Quarter at

20:41UTC

Moon phase on April 25, 1996First Quarter

Thursday 25 April 1996404,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 25, 1996, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
404,155 km251,130 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 17, 199622:49
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 25, 199620:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 3, 199611:48

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Thursday, April 25, 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.