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The Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on November 28, 1996Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 November 1996399,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 28, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
399,860 km248,462 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 25, 199604:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 3, 199605:06

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Thursday, November 28, 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.