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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1996: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on December 13, 1996Waxing Crescent

Friday 13 December 1996364,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
364,293 km226,361 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1996 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1996 at 20:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 10, 199616:56
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 17, 199609:31

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 1996 to the new moon of January 9, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.