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The Moon on Saturday, November 27, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on November 27, 1976Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 November 1976386,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 27, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
386,495 km240,157 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Saturday, November 27, 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.