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The Moon on Sunday, August 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on August 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Sunday 15 August 1976404,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,063 km251,073 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Sunday, August 15, 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.