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The Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 1976: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 1976Waning Crescent

Tuesday 19 October 1976371,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 19, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.9% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
371,250 km230,684 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Tuesday, October 19, 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.