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The Moon on Monday, October 14, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on October 14, 1996Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 October 1996383,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 14, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
383,737 km238,443 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 12, 199614:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 19, 199618:09

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Monday, October 14, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1996 to the new moon of November 11, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.