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The Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on September 26, 1976Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 September 1976361,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
361,375 km224,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Sunday, September 26, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1976 to the new moon of October 23, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.