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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on July 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 July 1976394,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
394,879 km245,366 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 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.