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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on May 17, 1976Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 May 1976377,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.6% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
377,035 km234,279 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 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.