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The Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on September 26, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 26 September 1996364,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 26, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
364,906 km226,742 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Thursday, September 26, 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.