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The Moon on Sunday, May 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on May 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 May 1976404,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
404,406 km251,286 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Sunday, May 23, 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.