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The Moon on Monday, October 21, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on October 21, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 October 1996368,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.7% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
368,624 km229,052 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Monday, October 21, 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.