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The Moon on Monday, October 25, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 25, 1976Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 October 1976360,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 25, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,781 km224,179 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 23, 197605:10
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 29, 197622:05

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Monday, October 25, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1976 to the new moon of November 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.42 days.