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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on June 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 June 1976402,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.0% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
402,744 km250,253 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 19, 197613:16
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 27, 197614:50

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 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.