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The Moon on Tuesday, July 27, 1976: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

New Moon at

01:39UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 1976New Moon

Tuesday 27 July 1976377,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 27, 1976, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
377,550 km234,599 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 19, 197606:30
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 2, 197622:07

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Tuesday, July 27, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1976 to the new moon of August 25, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.