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The Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1976: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on January 28, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 January 1976384,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 28, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
384,415 km238,865 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Wednesday, January 28, 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.