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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on April 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 April 1976358,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
358,370 km222,681 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 197611:49
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 21, 197607:14

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1976 to the new moon of April 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.72 days.