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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on October 18, 1996Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 October 1996372,920 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
372,920 km231,721 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.