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The Moon on Sunday, July 28, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on July 28, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 July 1996360,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
360,087 km223,748 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Sunday, July 28, 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.