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The Moon on Friday, April 26, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on April 26, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 April 1996402,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.2% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
402,778 km250,275 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 25, 199620:41
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 3, 199611:48

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Friday, April 26, 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.