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The Moon on Tuesday, August 20, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on August 20, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 August 1996387,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.9% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
387,109 km240,538 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 14, 199607:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 22, 199603:37

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Tuesday, August 20, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 1996 to the new moon of September 12, 1996, a cycle of 29.65 days.