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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on July 16, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 July 1996406,589 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
406,589 km252,642 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 15, 199616:15
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 23, 199617:49

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1996 to the new moon of August 14, 1996, a cycle of 29.64 days.