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The Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1976: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 15, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 December 1976371,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 15, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
371,336 km230,738 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 14, 197610:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 21, 197602:08

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Wednesday, December 15, 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.