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The Moon on Friday, April 30, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on April 30, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 April 1976403,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
403,396 km250,659 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 29, 197610:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 7, 197605:17

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Friday, April 30, 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.