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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 1976: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

First Quarter at

05:17UTC

Moon phase on May 7, 1976First Quarter

Friday 7 May 1976376,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 1976, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
376,836 km234,155 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 29, 1976 at 10:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 29, 197610:20
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 7, 197605:17
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 13, 197620:04

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.