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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on June 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 June 1996405,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
405,303 km251,843 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 16, 199601:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 24, 199605:23

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1996 to the new moon of July 15, 1996, a cycle of 29.61 days.