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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on July 6, 1996Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 July 1996373,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
373,604 km232,147 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 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.