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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1996: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

First Quarter at

03:37UTC

Moon phase on August 22, 1996First Quarter

Thursday 22 August 1996376,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1996, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
376,936 km234,217 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 14, 199607:34
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 22, 199603:37
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 28, 199617:52

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.