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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1996: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 1996Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 June 1996391,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
391,539 km243,291 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 8, 199611:06
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 16, 199601:36

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 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.