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The Moon on Friday, January 30, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on January 30, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 30 January 1976391,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
391,081 km243,006 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1976 is on Saturday, January 17, 1976 at 04:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Friday, January 30, 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.