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The Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1976: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on July 24, 1976Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 July 1976390,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 24, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
390,396 km242,581 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1976 is on Sunday, July 11, 1976 at 13:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Saturday, July 24, 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.