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The Moon on Wednesday, September 4, 1996: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Last Quarter at

19:06UTC

Moon phase on September 4, 1996Last Quarter

Wednesday 4 September 1996394,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 4, 1996, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
394,311 km245,013 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 28, 199617:52
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 4, 199619:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 12, 199623:07

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Wednesday, September 4, 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.