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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on August 28, 1976Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 August 1976364,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
364,636 km226,574 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1976 is on Wednesday, September 8, 1976 at 12:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 25, 197611:01
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 1, 197603:35

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.