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The Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on June 26, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 June 1996380,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
380,157 km236,218 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 24, 199605:23
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 1, 199603:58

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Wednesday, June 26, 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.