Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°
Moon age
10.8days
Moon phase on December 21, 1996Waxing Gibbous
On Saturday, December 21, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
387,407 km240,723 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 1996 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1996 at 20:41 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at 16:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, December 17, 1996 | 09:31 |
| Full Moon (after) | Tuesday, December 24, 1996 | 20:41 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Saturday, December 21, 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.