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The Moon on Tuesday, August 13, 1996: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on August 13, 1996Waning Crescent

Tuesday 13 August 1996406,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 13, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
406,230 km252,420 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Tuesday, August 13, 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.