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The Moon on Thursday, February 19, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on February 19, 1976Waning Gibbous

Thursday 19 February 1976364,433 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 19, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.4% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
364,433 km226,448 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Thursday, February 19, 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.