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The Moon on Friday, November 12, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on November 12, 1976Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 November 1976394,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
394,678 km245,241 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, November 6, 197623:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 14, 197622:39

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Friday, November 12, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1976 to the new moon of November 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.42 days.