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The Moon on Saturday, September 7, 1996: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on September 7, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 September 1996404,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 7, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,439 km251,307 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 5 days later.

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Saturday, September 7, 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.