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The Moon on Monday, May 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on May 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 24 May 1976405,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
405,462 km251,942 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1976 is on Thursday, May 13, 1976 at 20:04 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Monday, May 24, 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.