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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 1996: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on October 11, 1996Waning Crescent

Friday 11 October 1996394,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
394,354 km245,040 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 4, 199612:04
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 12, 199614:15

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 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.