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The Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on July 1, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 1 July 1976377,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 1, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
377,016 km234,267 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Thursday, July 1, 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.