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The Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1996: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on November 9, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 November 1996386,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 9, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
386,327 km240,052 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Saturday, November 9, 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.