Waxing · 25.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°
Moon age
4.9days
Moon phase on October 17, 1996Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, October 17, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.7% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
25.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
375,150 km233,107 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 17, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, October 12, 1996 | 14:15 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 19, 1996 | 18:09 |
The Moon around October 17
More about this date
Thursday, October 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.