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The Moon on Wednesday, July 24, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on July 24, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 July 1996381,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 24, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.1% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
381,345 km236,957 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 23, 199617:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 30, 199610:35

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Wednesday, July 24, 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.