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The Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1976: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

First Quarter at

12:59UTC

Moon phase on November 28, 1976First Quarter

Sunday 28 November 1976392,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 28, 1976, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
392,144 km243,667 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1976 is on Monday, December 6, 1976 at 18:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 21, 1976 at 15:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, November 21, 197615:11
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, November 28, 197612:59
Full Moon (after)Monday, December 6, 197618:15

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Sunday, November 28, 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.