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The Moon on Tuesday, February 17, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on February 17, 1976Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 February 1976361,303 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
361,303 km224,503 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 17, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 15, 197616:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 22, 197608:16

The Moon around February 17

More about this date

Tuesday, February 17, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.