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The Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on August 4, 1996Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 August 1996377,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 4, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
377,841 km234,779 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Sunday, August 4, 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.