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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 26, 1976Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 October 1976365,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
365,028 km226,818 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.