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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 1996: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Full Moon at

02:51UTC

Moon phase on September 27, 1996Full Moon

Friday 27 September 1996367,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 1996, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
367,941 km228,628 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon (also called the Corn Moon), 366,626 km from Earth. SupermoonTotal lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 12, 1996 at 23:07 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, September 20, 199611:23
Full Moon (this day)Friday, September 27, 199602:51
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 4, 199612:04

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.