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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 1976: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 26, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 26 March 1976398,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
398,577 km247,664 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 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.