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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1996: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on November 8, 1996Waning Crescent

Friday 8 November 1996390,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
390,878 km242,881 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1996 is on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at 14:11 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 3, 199607:50
New Moon (after)Monday, November 11, 199604:16

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.