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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on June 6, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 June 1996366,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
366,894 km227,978 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 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.