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The Moon on Friday, February 20, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 1976Waning Gibbous

Friday 20 February 1976367,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
367,741 km228,503 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Friday, February 20, 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.