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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1976: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Last Quarter at

00:13UTC

Moon phase on August 18, 1976Last Quarter

Wednesday 18 August 1976401,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1976, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
401,199 km249,293 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 9, 197623:44
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 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.