Waxing · 50.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°
First Quarter at
11:23UTC
Moon phase on September 20, 1996First Quarter
On Friday, September 20, 1996, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
373,414 km232,028 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 20, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, September 12, 1996 | 23:07 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, September 20, 1996 | 11:23 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, September 27, 1996 | 02:51 |
The Moon around September 20
More about this date
Friday, September 20, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.