Waning · 6.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°
Moon age
27.3days
Moon phase on December 8, 1996Waning Crescent
On Sunday, December 8, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
378,340 km235,089 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 8, 1996 is on Monday, November 25, 1996 at 04:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 2 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, December 3, 1996 | 05:06 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, December 10, 1996 | 16:56 |
The Moon around December 8
More about this date
Sunday, December 8, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1996, or the whole moon calendar 1996.
- The same date one year apart: 1995 · 1997.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.