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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1976: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on September 18, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 September 1976388,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
388,365 km241,319 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 5 days later.

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 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.