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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on May 18, 1976Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 May 1976383,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
383,182 km238,098 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 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.