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The Moon on Monday, October 28, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on October 28, 1996Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 October 1996385,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
385,032 km239,248 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 26, 199614:11
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 3, 199607:50

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Monday, October 28, 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.