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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on October 20, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 20 October 1996369,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,568 km229,639 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 19, 199618:09
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 26, 199614:11

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 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.