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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 1996Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 June 1996363,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
363,884 km226,107 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 1, 199620:47
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 8, 199611:06

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 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.