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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on June 22, 1996Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 June 1996400,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.5% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
400,762 km249,022 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 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.