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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on July 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Friday 23 July 1976394,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
394,712 km245,263 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 19, 197606:30
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 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.