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The Moon on Saturday, May 4, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on May 4, 1996Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 May 1996369,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 4, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
369,727 km229,738 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 3, 199611:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 10, 199605:04

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Saturday, May 4, 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.