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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on May 19, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 May 1976389,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.0% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
389,114 km241,784 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 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.