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The Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on September 17, 1996Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 September 1996385,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 17, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
385,025 km239,243 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 12, 199623:07
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 20, 199611:23

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Tuesday, September 17, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1996 to the new moon of October 12, 1996, a cycle of 29.63 days.