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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on April 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 23 April 1976399,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
399,358 km248,149 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 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.