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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on December 10, 1976Waning Gibbous

Friday 10 December 1976392,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.8% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
392,467 km243,867 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, December 6, 197618:15
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 14, 197610:14

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1976 to the new moon of December 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.46 days.