New moon dates 1996
- 1996: 12 × new moon — 20 January 1996, 19 February 1996, 19 March 1996, 18 April 1996, 17 May 1996, 16 June 1996, 15 July 1996, 14 August 1996, 13 September 1996, 12 October 1996, 11 November 1996, 10 December 1996.
New moon dates 1996
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sat 20 Jan | 12:50 | passed |
| Mon 19 Feb | 23:29 | passed |
| Tue 19 Mar | 10:44 | passed |
| Thu 18 Apr | 22:48 | passed |
| Fri 17 May | 11:46 | passed |
| Sun 16 Jun | 01:35 | passed |
| Mon 15 Jul | 16:14 | passed |
| Wed 14 Aug | 07:33 | passed |
| Fri 13 Sep | 23:07 | passed |
| Sat 12 Oct | 14:14 | passed |
| Mon 11 Nov | 04:16 | passed |
| Tue 10 Dec | 16:56 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.