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The Moon on Wednesday, November 17, 1976: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on November 17, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 November 1976368,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
368,196 km228,786 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Wednesday, November 17, 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.