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The Moon on Monday, April 29, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on April 29, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 April 1996391,999 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 29, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
391,999 km243,577 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1996 at 22:49 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Monday, April 29, 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.