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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on November 21, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 November 1996376,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
376,247 km233,789 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 11, 1996 at 04:16 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, November 18, 199601:09
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 25, 199604:10

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 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.