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The Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 57.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on November 2, 1996Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 November 1996403,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 2, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.9% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
403,552 km250,756 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Saturday, November 2, 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.