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The Moon on Monday, September 27, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 1976Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 September 1976364,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 27, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
364,243 km226,330 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1976 is on Friday, October 8, 1976 at 04:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 23, 1976 at 19:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Monday, September 27, 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.