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The Moon on Monday, June 28, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 28, 1976Waxing Crescent

Monday 28 June 1976386,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 28, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
386,599 km240,221 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 27, 197614:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 4, 197617:29

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Monday, June 28, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1976 to the new moon of July 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.45 days.