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The Moon on Saturday, April 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on April 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 April 1976402,534 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
402,534 km250,123 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Saturday, April 24, 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.