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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on October 29, 1996Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 October 1996389,826 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
389,826 km242,227 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.