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The Moon on Wednesday, December 4, 1996: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 4, 1996Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 December 1996398,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 4, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
398,676 km247,726 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 3, 199605:06
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 10, 199616:56

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Wednesday, December 4, 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.