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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1976: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on April 22, 1976Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 April 1976395,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.1% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
395,198 km245,565 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 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.