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The Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on July 3, 1976Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 July 1976372,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 3, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
372,312 km231,344 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Saturday, July 3, 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.