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The Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1996: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on August 10, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 August 1996404,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 10, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
404,552 km251,377 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Saturday, August 10, 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.