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The Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 October 1976402,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 13, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.0% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
402,209 km249,921 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Wednesday, October 13, 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.