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The Moon on Friday, January 2, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 2, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 January 1976386,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 2, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
386,130 km239,930 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 2, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 1, 1976 at 14:40 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 1, 197614:40
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 9, 197612:40

The Moon around January 2

More about this date

Friday, January 2, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1976 to the new moon of January 31, 1976, a cycle of 29.65 days.