Wondering when were the full moons in 1996? Here’s the Full Moon Calendar 1996 to help you go back and check the 13 full moons.
Full Moon Calendar 1996
In 1996, there were 13 full moons with a summer blue moon during the summer.
In the years that I’ve tracked the blue moon, this is the first time I found a blue moon to shift between months when converting from Eastern Time to UTC.
For the people in the Eastern Time Zone in the United States, the blue moon occurred at the end of June. For UTC time, the blue moon happened in July.
Also in 1996 there were two total lunar full moon eclipses in April and September.
The dates and times are provided by NASA in Eastern Standard Time (EST) with Daylight Saving Time (DST) for part of the year. Also below is the Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) time. This was previously referred to at Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
| Month | Day of the week | Full Moon 1996 Date | UTC Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Friday | January 5, 1996 15:51 EST | 20:51 UTC |
| February | Sunday | February 4, 1996 10:58 EST | 15:58 UTC |
| March | Tuesday | March 5, 1996 04:23 EST | 09:23 UTC |
| April | Wednesday | April 3, 1996 20:07 EST | 01:07 UTC (April 4, 1996) |
| May | Friday | May 3, 1996 07:48 EST | 12:48 UTC |
| June | Saturday | June 1, 1996 16:47 EST | 21:47 UTC |
| June (Blue moon) | Sunday | June 30, 1996 23:58 EST | 04:58 UTC (July 1, 1996) |
| July | Tuesday | July 30, 1996 06:35 EST | 11:35 UTC (July 30, 1996) |
| August | Wednedsay | August 28, 1996 13:52 EST | 18:52 UTC |
| September | Thursday | September 26, 1996 22:51 EST | 03:51 UTC (September 27, 1996) |
| October | Saturday | October 26, 1996 10:11 EST | 15:11 UTC |
| November | Sunday | November 24, 1996 23:10 EST | 04:10 UTC November 25, 1996) |
| December | Tuesday | December 24, 1996 15:41 EST | 20:41 UTC (December 24, 1996) |
1996 Equinoxes and Solstices
Below are the dates for the equinoxes and solstices from 1996. None of the full moons this year fell on the same date as the equinoxes and solstices.
| Month | Equinox/Solstice | 1996 Date | UTC Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | Vernal Equinox (Spring ) | March 20, 1996 04:03 EST | 09:03 UTC |
| June | Summer Solstice | June 20, 1996 22:24 EST | 03:24 UTC (June 21, 1996) |
| September | Autumn Equinox | September 22, 1996 14:00 EST | 19:00 UTC |
| December | Winter Solstice | December 21, 1996 09:06 EST | 14:06 UTC |
