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The Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on September 15, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 September 1976401,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,752 km249,637 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 8 days later.

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Wednesday, September 15, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1976 to the new moon of September 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.37 days.