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The Moon on Thursday, May 23, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on May 23, 1996Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 May 1996404,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
404,671 km251,451 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Thursday, May 23, 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.