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The Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on July 18, 1976Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 July 1976403,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
403,464 km250,701 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Sunday, July 18, 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.