Waxing · 51.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°
First Quarter at
09:31UTC
Moon phase on December 17, 1996First Quarter
On Tuesday, December 17, 1996, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
373,374 km232,004 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 17, 1996 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1996 at 20:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, December 10, 1996 | 16:56 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | 09:31 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, December 24, 1996 | 20:41 |
The Moon around December 17
More about this date
Tuesday, December 17, 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.
- 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.