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The Moon on Monday, March 29, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 29, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 29 March 1976405,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 29, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
405,323 km251,856 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Monday, March 29, 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.