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The Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1996: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on July 11, 1996Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 July 1996397,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 11, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
397,923 km247,258 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1996 is on Monday, July 1, 1996 at 03:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Thursday, July 11, 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.