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The Moon on Monday, September 20, 1976: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 20 September 1976376,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
376,358 km233,858 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 3 days later.

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Monday, September 20, 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.