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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1976: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

New Moon at

01:47UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 1976New Moon

Saturday 29 May 1976397,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1976, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 0.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.4 dMoon age
397,890 km247,237 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 20, 197621:22
New Moon (this day)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 5, 197612:20

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.