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The Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on June 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 June 1976383,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
383,439 km238,258 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 12, 197604:15
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 19, 197613:16

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Tuesday, June 15, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.