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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 29, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 1996380,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
380,035 km236,143 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 17, 1996 at 11:46 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 25, 199614:13
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 1, 199620:47

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.