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The Moon on Friday, July 30, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on July 30, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 30 July 1976370,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 30, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
370,099 km229,969 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 27, 197601:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 2, 197622:07

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Friday, July 30, 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.