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The Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on June 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 June 1976400,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
400,393 km248,793 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Thursday, June 24, 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.