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The Moon on Thursday, August 8, 1996: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on August 8, 1996Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 August 1996399,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 8, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
399,011 km247,934 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 6, 199605:25
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 14, 199607:34

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Thursday, August 8, 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.