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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1996: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 1996Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 May 1996377,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
377,281 km234,432 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 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.