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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 12, 1976Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 December 1976384,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
384,691 km239,036 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.