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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on December 23, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 December 1976373,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
373,474 km232,066 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1976 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 21, 197602:08
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 28, 197607:48

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 1976 to the new moon of January 19, 1977, a cycle of 29.50 days.