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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1976: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 20 August 1976393,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
393,478 km244,496 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.