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The Moon on Sunday, January 25, 1976: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on January 25, 1976Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 January 1976375,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 25, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
375,410 km233,269 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Sunday, January 25, 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.