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The Moon on Thursday, November 18, 1976: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on November 18, 1976Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 November 1976363,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
363,392 km225,801 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Thursday, November 18, 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.