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The Moon on Sunday, January 18, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on January 18, 1976Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 January 1976369,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
369,203 km229,412 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 17, 197604:47
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 23, 197623:05

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Sunday, January 18, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1976 to the new moon of January 31, 1976, a cycle of 29.65 days.