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The Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1996: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on May 14, 1996Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 May 1996383,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 14, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
383,661 km238,396 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1996 is on Friday, May 3, 1996 at 11:48 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Tuesday, May 14, 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.