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The Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1976: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

New Moon at

11:01UTC

Moon phase on August 25, 1976New Moon

Wednesday 25 August 1976368,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 25, 1976, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
368,976 km229,271 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 1, 197603:35

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Wednesday, August 25, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 25, 1976 to the new moon of September 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.37 days.