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The Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 14, 1976Waning Gibbous

Thursday 14 October 1976398,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 14, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
398,943 km247,891 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Thursday, October 14, 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.