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The Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1996: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on September 11, 1996Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 September 1996403,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 11, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
403,223 km250,551 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1996 is on Wednesday, August 28, 1996 at 17:52 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 1 day later.

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Wednesday, September 11, 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.