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The Moon on Monday, July 29, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on July 29, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 July 1996357,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 29, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
357,593 km222,198 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 15, 1996 at 16:15 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Monday, July 29, 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.