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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on October 1, 1996Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 October 1996388,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
388,594 km241,461 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 27, 199602:51
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 4, 199612:04

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 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.