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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on October 31, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 October 1996398,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
398,416 km247,564 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.