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Blue moon in 1996: July 30 (second full moon of the month)
Full moon Full moon Fri, January 5 · 20:50 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sat, January 13 · 20:45 UT
New moon New moon Sat, January 20 · 12:50 UT
First quarter First quarter Sat, January 27 · 11:13 UT
Full moon Full moon Sun, February 4 · 15:57 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Mon, February 12 · 08:37 UT
New moon New moon Sun, February 18 · 23:30 UT
First quarter First quarter Mon, February 26 · 05:52 UT
Full moon Full moon Tue, March 5 · 09:21 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Tue, March 12 · 17:14 UT
New moon New moon Tue, March 19 · 10:44 UT
First quarter First quarter Wed, March 27 · 01:30 UT
Full moon Full moon Thu, April 4 · 00:06 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Wed, April 10 · 23:35 UT
New moon New moon Wed, April 17 · 22:48 UT
First quarter First quarter Thu, April 25 · 20:40 UT
Full moon Full moon Fri, May 3 · 11:47 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Fri, May 10 · 05:03 UT
New moon New moon Fri, May 17 · 11:46 UT
First quarter First quarter Sat, May 25 · 14:12 UT
Full moon Full moon Sat, June 1 · 20:46 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sat, June 8 · 11:05 UT
New moon New moon Sun, June 16 · 01:35 UT
First quarter First quarter Mon, June 24 · 05:23 UT
Full moon Full moon Mon, July 1 · 03:58 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sun, July 7 · 18:54 UT
New moon New moon Mon, July 15 · 16:14 UT
First quarter First quarter Tue, July 23 · 17:48 UT
Full moon Full moon Tue, July 30 · 10:35 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Tue, August 6 · 05:24 UT
New moon New moon Wed, August 14 · 07:33 UT
First quarter First quarter Thu, August 22 · 03:36 UT
Full moon Full moon Wed, August 28 · 17:52 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Wed, September 4 · 19:06 UT
New moon New moon Thu, September 12 · 23:07 UT
First quarter First quarter Fri, September 20 · 11:22 UT
Full moon Full moon Fri, September 27 · 02:51 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Fri, October 4 · 12:04 UT
New moon New moon Sat, October 12 · 14:14 UT
First quarter First quarter Sat, October 19 · 18:09 UT
Full moon Full moon Sat, October 26 · 14:11 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sun, November 3 · 07:50 UT
New moon New moon Mon, November 11 · 04:16 UT
First quarter First quarter Mon, November 18 · 01:08 UT
Full moon Full moon Mon, November 25 · 04:10 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Tue, December 3 · 05:05 UT
New moon New moon Tue, December 10 · 16:56 UT
First quarter First quarter Tue, December 17 · 09:30 UT
Full moon Full moon Tue, December 24 · 20:41 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox β€” but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonApril 3

Golden number2

Full moon Astronomical

Nearest full moonApril 4

Time00:06 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 1996 falls on April 7, 1996.