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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1976: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 18 December 1976361,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
361,713 km224,758 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 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.