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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 1996Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 May 1996403,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
403,095 km250,472 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.