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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on July 17, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 17 July 1976401,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
401,638 km249,566 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 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.