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The Moon on Monday, May 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 May 1996402,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
402,635 km250,186 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 17, 199611:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Monday, May 20, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.