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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1996: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on August 11, 1996Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 August 1996405,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
405,923 km252,229 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1996 is on Tuesday, July 30, 1996 at 10:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 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.