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The Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on August 25, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 August 1996362,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 25, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.8% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,860 km225,471 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1996 at 07:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 22, 199603:37
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 28, 199617:52

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Sunday, August 25, 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.