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The Moon on Saturday, October 26, 1996: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Full Moon at

14:11UTC

Moon phase on October 26, 1996Full Moon

Saturday 26 October 1996376,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 26, 1996, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
376,238 km233,784 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Hunter's Moon, 376,590 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 19, 199618:09
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, October 26, 199614:11
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 3, 199607:50

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Saturday, October 26, 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.