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The Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1976: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on June 26, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 26 June 1976393,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
393,905 km244,761 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Saturday, June 26, 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.