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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1976: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on August 19, 1976Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 August 1976397,831 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
397,831 km247,200 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.