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The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on June 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 June 1996368,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.9% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
368,158 km228,763 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 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.