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The Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on November 23, 1976Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 November 1976363,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
363,107 km225,624 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 21, 197615:11
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 28, 197612:59

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Tuesday, November 23, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 21, 1976 to the new moon of December 21, 1976, a cycle of 29.46 days.