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The Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on August 14, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 14 August 1976402,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 14, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
402,643 km250,191 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 9, 197623:44
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Saturday, August 14, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1976 to the new moon of August 25, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.