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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on July 18, 1996Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 July 1996405,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
405,210 km251,786 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 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.