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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on December 26, 1976Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 December 1976390,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
390,993 km242,952 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1976 is on Wednesday, January 5, 1977 at 12:11 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 21, 1976 at 02:08 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.