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The Moon on Saturday, May 11, 1996: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on May 11, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 May 1996374,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 11, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
374,368 km232,621 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 10, 199605:04
New Moon (after)Friday, May 17, 199611:46

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Saturday, May 11, 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.