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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on March 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 March 1976390,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
390,504 km242,648 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (25°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 22, 197618:55
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 30, 197617:08

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 29, 1976 to the new moon of March 30, 1976, a cycle of 29.74 days.