# Full Moon Calendar 1996

> There are 13 Full Moons and 12 New Moons in 1996. The first Full Moon is the Wolf Moon on January 5 in Cancer, and the last is the Cold Moon on December 24 in Cancer. There is a Blue Moon (a second Full Moon in one month) on July 1. The Harvest Moon is on September 27. Two Full Moons are also a lunar eclipse: April 4 (Total Lunar Eclipse) and September 27 (Total Lunar Eclipse). Dates are in UTC; Moon names follow the US Eastern calendar month.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1996

## Full Moons

| Date (UTC) | Name | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1996-01-05 20:51 UTC | Wolf Moon | 14°48' Cancer |  |
| 1996-02-04 15:58 UTC | Snow Moon | 15°07' Leo |  |
| 1996-03-05 09:23 UTC | Worm Moon | 15°05' Virgo |  |
| 1996-04-04 00:07 UTC | Pink Moon | 14°31' Libra | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| 1996-05-03 11:48 UTC | Flower Moon | 13°19' Scorpio |  |
| 1996-06-01 20:47 UTC | Strawberry Moon | 11°37' Sagittarius |  |
| 1996-07-01 03:58 UTC | Blue Moon | 9°36' Capricorn | Blue Moon |
| 1996-07-30 10:35 UTC | Buck Moon | 7°32' Aquarius |  |
| 1996-08-28 17:52 UTC | Sturgeon Moon | 5°41' Pisces |  |
| 1996-09-27 02:51 UTC | Harvest Moon | 4°17' Aries | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| 1996-10-26 14:11 UTC | Hunter's Moon | 3°26' Taurus |  |
| 1996-11-25 04:10 UTC | Beaver Moon | 3°10' Gemini |  |
| 1996-12-24 20:41 UTC | Cold Moon | 3°20' Cancer |  |

## New Moons

| Date (UTC) | Position | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1996-01-20 12:50 UTC | 29°45' Capricorn |  |
| 1996-02-18 23:30 UTC | 29°36' Aquarius |  |
| 1996-03-19 10:45 UTC | 29°07' Pisces |  |
| 1996-04-17 22:49 UTC | 28°12' Aries | Partial Solar Eclipse |
| 1996-05-17 11:46 UTC | 26°51' Taurus |  |
| 1996-06-16 01:36 UTC | 25°12' Gemini |  |
| 1996-07-15 16:15 UTC | 23°26' Cancer |  |
| 1996-08-14 07:34 UTC | 21°47' Leo |  |
| 1996-09-12 23:07 UTC | 20°27' Virgo |  |
| 1996-10-12 14:15 UTC | 19°32' Libra | Partial Solar Eclipse |
| 1996-11-11 04:16 UTC | 19°03' Scorpio |  |
| 1996-12-10 16:56 UTC | 18°55' Sagittarius |  |

## Questions

### When Are the Full Moons in 1996?

Wolf Moon: January 5, 1996 at 3:51 PM ET (20:51 UTC), in Cancer; Snow Moon: February 4, 1996 at 10:58 AM ET (15:58 UTC), in Leo; Worm Moon: March 5, 1996 at 4:23 AM ET (09:23 UTC), in Virgo; Pink Moon: April 3, 1996 at 7:07 PM ET (00:07 UTC on April 4), in Libra; Flower Moon: May 3, 1996 at 7:48 AM ET (11:48 UTC), in Scorpio; Strawberry Moon: June 1, 1996 at 4:47 PM ET (20:47 UTC), in Sagittarius; Blue Moon: June 30, 1996 at 11:58 PM ET (03:58 UTC on July 1), in Capricorn; Buck Moon: July 30, 1996 at 6:35 AM ET (10:35 UTC), in Aquarius; Sturgeon Moon: August 28, 1996 at 1:52 PM ET (17:52 UTC), in Pisces; Harvest Moon: September 26, 1996 at 10:51 PM ET (02:51 UTC on September 27), in Aries; Hunter's Moon: October 26, 1996 at 10:11 AM ET (14:11 UTC), in Taurus; Beaver Moon: November 24, 1996 at 11:10 PM ET (04:10 UTC on November 25), in Gemini; Cold Moon: December 24, 1996 at 3:41 PM ET (20:41 UTC), in Cancer.

### When Are the New Moons in 1996?

January 20, 1996 at 7:50 AM ET (12:50 UTC), in Capricorn; February 18, 1996 at 6:30 PM ET (23:30 UTC), in Aquarius; March 19, 1996 at 5:45 AM ET (10:45 UTC), in Pisces; April 17, 1996 at 6:49 PM ET (22:49 UTC), in Aries; May 17, 1996 at 7:46 AM ET (11:46 UTC), in Taurus; June 15, 1996 at 9:36 PM ET (01:36 UTC on June 16), in Gemini; July 15, 1996 at 12:15 PM ET (16:15 UTC), in Cancer; August 14, 1996 at 3:34 AM ET (07:34 UTC), in Leo; September 12, 1996 at 7:07 PM ET (23:07 UTC), in Virgo; October 12, 1996 at 10:15 AM ET (14:15 UTC), in Libra; November 10, 1996 at 11:16 PM ET (04:16 UTC on November 11), in Scorpio; December 10, 1996 at 11:56 AM ET (16:56 UTC), in Sagittarius.

### Is There a Blue Moon in 1996?

Yes. The Full Moon on June 30, 1996 at 11:58 PM ET (03:58 UTC on July 1) is the second Full Moon of its calendar month in US Eastern time. In other time zones the month can differ.

### When Is the Harvest Moon in 1996?

The Harvest Moon, the Full Moon nearest the September equinox, is on September 26, 1996 at 10:51 PM ET (02:51 UTC on September 27), in Aries.

### Where Do the Full Moon Names Come From?

The names (Wolf, Snow, Worm, Pink, Flower, Strawberry, Buck, Sturgeon, Corn, Hunter's, Beaver and Cold) are traditional North American names popularized by farmers' almanacs. They belong to the month, not to the zodiac sign the Moon is in.

### Why Do Some Calendars List a Different Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/full-moons/1996). Free to cite with a link to the source page.