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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1976: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on May 21, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 21 May 1976398,864 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.2% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
398,864 km247,842 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.