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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on July 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 July 1996400,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.8% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
400,582 km248,910 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.