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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1976: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1976Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 October 1976383,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
383,638 km238,382 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 16, 197608:59
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 23, 197605:10

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 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.