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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on July 31, 1976Waxing Crescent

Saturday 31 July 1976369,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
369,252 km229,443 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 27, 1976 at 01:39 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 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.