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The Moon on Wednesday, October 23, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on October 23, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 October 1996368,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 23, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
368,892 km229,219 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Wednesday, October 23, 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.