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The Moon on Saturday, November 20, 1976: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on November 20, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 November 1976357,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
357,788 km222,319 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 20, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 20

More about this date

Saturday, November 20, 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.