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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 28, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 April 1976406,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
406,037 km252,299 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1976 is on Wednesday, April 14, 1976 at 11:49 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.