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The Moon on Thursday, August 1, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on August 1, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 August 1996361,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 1, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.6% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
361,461 km224,601 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 30, 199610:35
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 6, 199605:25

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Thursday, August 1, 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.