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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1976Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 October 1976404,455 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
404,455 km251,317 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 8, 197604:56
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 16, 197608:59

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1976 to the new moon of October 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.