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The Moon on Sunday, November 17, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on November 17, 1996Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 November 1996369,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 17, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
369,938 km229,869 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 11, 199604:16
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 18, 199601:09

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Sunday, November 17, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 11, 1996 to the new moon of December 10, 1996, a cycle of 29.53 days.