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The Moon on Friday, November 26, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on November 26, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 November 1976380,321 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.5% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
380,321 km236,320 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Friday, November 26, 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.