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The Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on April 6, 1976Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 6 April 1976392,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 6, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
392,194 km243,698 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 30, 1976 at 17:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Tuesday, April 6, 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.