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The Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1976: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on July 20, 1976Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 July 1976403,363 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
403,363 km250,638 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 19, 197606:30
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Tuesday, July 20, 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.