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The Moon on Wednesday, February 18, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 February 1976362,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
362,180 km225,048 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Wednesday, February 18, 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.