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The Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 1976: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on November 16, 1976Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 November 1976373,709 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 16, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
373,709 km232,212 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, November 14, 197622:39
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 21, 197615:11

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Tuesday, November 16, 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.