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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 1996: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Last Quarter at

12:04UTC

Moon phase on October 4, 1996Last Quarter

Friday 4 October 1996401,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 1996, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
401,633 km249,563 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1996 is on Friday, September 27, 1996 at 02:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 27, 199602:51
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, October 4, 199612:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 12, 199614:15

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 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.