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The Moon on Monday, August 23, 1976: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on August 23, 1976Waning Crescent

Monday 23 August 1976377,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
377,721 km234,705 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Monday, August 23, 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.