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The Moon on Saturday, January 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on January 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 January 1976372,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.1% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
372,778 km231,633 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 23, 197623:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 31, 197606:20

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Saturday, January 24, 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.