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The Moon on Monday, April 5, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on April 5, 1976Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 April 1976396,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 5, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
396,677 km246,484 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 30, 197617:08
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 7, 197619:02

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Monday, April 5, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1976 to the new moon of April 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.72 days.