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The Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on December 11, 1976Waning Gibbous

Saturday 11 December 1976388,764 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 11, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
388,764 km241,566 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Saturday, December 11, 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.