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The Moon on Monday, September 23, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on September 23, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 23 September 1996364,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
364,363 km226,405 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 20, 199611:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 27, 199602:51

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Monday, September 23, 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.