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The Moon on Monday, December 2, 1996: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on December 2, 1996Waning Gibbous

Monday 2 December 1996403,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 2, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
403,922 km250,985 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Monday, December 2, 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.