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The Moon on Friday, July 2, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on July 2, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 July 1976374,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 2, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.9% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
374,481 km232,692 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Friday, July 2, 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.