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The Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on May 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 15 May 1976366,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
366,005 km227,425 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 13, 197620:04
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Saturday, May 15, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.