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The Moon on Thursday, January 22, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on January 22, 1976Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 January 1976368,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 22, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.5% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
368,552 km229,007 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Thursday, January 22, 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.