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The Moon on Monday, July 12, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on July 12, 1976Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 July 1976381,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
381,188 km236,859 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 11, 197613:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, July 19, 197606:30

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Monday, July 12, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1976 to the new moon of July 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.45 days.