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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1996: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on July 9, 1996Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 July 1996389,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
389,651 km242,118 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 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.