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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1976: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

New Moon at

10:20UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 1976New Moon

Thursday 29 April 1976405,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1976, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.8 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.8 dMoon age
405,020 km251,668 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 21, 197607:14
New Moon (this day)Thursday, April 29, 197610:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 7, 197605:17

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1976 to the new moon of May 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.64 days.