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The Moon on Friday, March 19, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on March 19, 1976Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 March 1976364,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 19, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
364,005 km226,182 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 16, 197602:53
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 22, 197618:55

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Friday, March 19, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 29, 1976 to the new moon of March 30, 1976, a cycle of 29.74 days.