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The Moon on Monday, July 8, 1996: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on July 8, 1996Waning Crescent

Monday 8 July 1996384,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 8, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
384,605 km238,982 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 8, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 7, 199618:55
New Moon (after)Monday, July 15, 199616:15

The Moon around July 8

More about this date

Monday, July 8, 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.