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The Moon on Friday, December 6, 1996: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on December 6, 1996Waning Crescent

Friday 6 December 1996389,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 6, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
389,310 km241,906 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Friday, December 6, 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.