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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on June 23, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 June 1996396,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,862 km246,599 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.