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The Moon on Friday, December 17, 1976: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 17, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 17 December 1976363,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 17, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.7% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
363,924 km226,132 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Friday, December 17, 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.