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The Moon on Friday, October 25, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on October 25, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 October 1996372,843 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 25, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
372,843 km231,674 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at 14:15 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Friday, October 25, 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.