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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 20 December 1976361,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
361,815 km224,821 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 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.