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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on October 30, 1996Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 October 1996394,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
394,406 km245,073 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.