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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on July 3, 1996Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 July 1996360,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.7% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,191 km223,812 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, July 1, 199603:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, July 7, 199618:55

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 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.