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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1976: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Last Quarter at

07:14UTC

Moon phase on April 21, 1976Last Quarter

Wednesday 21 April 1976390,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1976, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
390,141 km242,422 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 197611:49
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 21, 197607:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 29, 197610:20

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.