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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1976Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 October 1976370,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
370,322 km230,107 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1976 is on Saturday, November 6, 1976 at 23:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 23, 1976 at 05:10 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 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.